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We review the remarkable relationship between the laws of black hole mechanics and the ordinary laws of thermodynamics. It is emphasized that - in analogy with the laws of thermodynamics - the validity the laws of black hole mechanics does…

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In this Letter we consider three future singularities in different Friedmann-Lema\^{\i}tre-Robertson-Walker scenarios and show that the universe departs more and more from thermodynamic equilibrium as the corresponding singularity is…

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We analyse a mechanical system in two-dimensional relative motion with friction. Although the system is simple, the peculiar interplay between two kinetic friction forces and gravity leads to the wide range of admissible solutions exceeding…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Dariusz Grech , Zygmunt Mazur

We investigate thermodynamics of apparent horizon in the $f(Q)$ universe with trivial and nontrivial connections. We first explore the perspectives of the first law, generalized second law and $P-V$ phase transition with trivial connection.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-14 Haomin Rao , Chunhui Liu , Chao-Qiang Geng

The fact that one can associate thermodynamic properties with horizons brings together principles of quantum theory, gravitation and thermodynamics and possibly offers a window to the nature of quantum geometry. This review discusses…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-14 T. Padmanabhan

The cosmological dynamics of minimally coupled scalar field that couple to the background matter with thermal interactions is investigated in exponential potential. The conditions for the existence and stability of various critical points…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dao-jun Liu , Xin-zhou Li

We review theoretical results obtained recently in the framework of statistical mechanics to study systems with long range forces. This fundamental and methodological study leads us to consider the different domains of applications in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-11-26 Thierry Dauxois , Stefano Ruffo , Ennio Arimondo , Martin Wilkens

Recent results indicate the presence of a cosmological constant (or related dark energy) in the universe. It has been conjectured recently that the interaction parameters of physical theories may be dependant on the size parameter of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Panchapakesan

Nonequilibrium thermodynamics has shown its applicability in a wide variety of different situations pertaining to fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. As successful as it is, however, its current formulation…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 J. M. G. Vilar , J. M. Rubi

With the usual definitions for the entropy and the temperature associated with the apparent horizon, we show that the unified first law on the apparent horizon is equivalent to the Friedmann equation for the scalar--tensor theory with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-31 Yumei Huang , Yungui Gong , Dicong Liang , Zhu Yi

Some thoughts are presented on the inter-relation between beauty and truth in science in general and theoretical physics in particular. Some conjectural procedures that can be used to create new ideas, concepts and results are illustrated…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Constantino Tsallis

Two complementary and equally important approaches to relativistic physics are explained. One is the standard approach, and the other is based on a study of the flows of an underlying physical substratum. Previous results concerning the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Tom Martin

Relativistic thermodynamics is generalized to accommodate four dimensional rotation in a flat spacetime. An extended body can be in equilibrium when its each element moves along a Killing flow. There are three types of basic Killing flows…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Tadas K Nakamura

The confrontation between general relativity (and its theoretically most plausible deviations) and experimental or observational results is summarized. Some discussion is devoted to the various methodologies used in confronting theory and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Thibault Damour

One of the most intriguing features of string thermodynamics is thermal duality, which relates the physics at temperature T to the physics at inverse temperature 1/T. Unfortunately, the traditional definitions of thermodynamic quantities…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Keith R. Dienes , Michael Lennek

Relativistic nuclear collisions data on two-particle correlations exhibit structures as function of relative azimuthal angle and rapidity. A unified description of these near-side and away-side structures is proposed for low to moderate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-19 Rone Peterson G. Andrade , Frederique Grassi , Yogiro Hama , Wei-Liang Qian

Recently, a morphological transition in the velocity distribution of a relativistic gas has been pointed out which shows hallmarks of a critical phenomenon. Here, we provide a general framework which allows for a thermodynamic approach to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-10-21 Afshin Montakhab , Leila Shahsavar , Malihe Ghodrat

We show that one can construct two equivalent gauge theories from a linking theory and give a general construction principle for linking theories which we use to construct a linking theory that proves the equivalence of General Relativity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-27 Henrique Gomes , Tim Koslowski

Spacetimes with horizons show a resemblance to thermodynamic systems and it is possible to associate the notions of temperature and entropy with them. Several aspects of this connection are reviewed in a manner appropriate for broad…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Padmanabhan

Relativistic positioning systems are interesting {\em technical objects} for applications around the Earth and in the Solar system. But above all else, they are basic {\em scientific objects} allowing developing relativity from its own…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-26 Bartolomé Coll