English

Upper bound for entropy in asymptotically de Sitter space-time

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We investigate nature of asymptotically de Sitter space-times containing a black hole. We show that if the matter fields satisfy the dominant energy condition and the cosmic censorship holds in the considering space-time, the area of the cosmological event horizon for an observer approaching a future timelike infinity does not decrease, i.e. the second law is satisfied. We also show under the same conditions that the total area of the black hole and the cosmological event horizon, a quarter of which is the total Bekenstein-Hawking entropy, is less than 12π/Λ12\pi/\Lambda, where Λ\Lambda is a cosmological constant. Physical implications are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9712029,
  title  = {Upper bound for entropy in asymptotically de Sitter space-time},
  author = {Kengo Maeda and Tatsuhiko Koike and Makoto Narita and Akihiro Ishibashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9712029},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, REVTeX,2 figures; to be published in Phys.Rev.D

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