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It is possible to provide a physical interpretation for the field equations of gravity based on a thermodynamical perspective. The virtual degrees of freedom associated with the horizons perceived by the local Rindler observers, play a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 T. Padmanabhan

We study the scalar-tensor theory of gravity profoundly in the action level as well as in the thermodynamic level. Contrary to the usual description in the literature about the equivalence in the two conformally connected frames, this paper…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-19 Krishnakanta Bhattacharya , Bibhas Ranjan Majhi

The paper deals with universal thermodynamics for FRW model of the universe bounded by apparent (or event) horizon. Assuming Hawking temperature on the horizon, the unified first law is examined on the horizon for different gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-17 Saugata Mitra , Subhajit Saha , Subenoy Chakraborty

In Ref. [S. Jalalzadeh, Phys. Lett. B 829 (2022) 137058], Jalalzadeh established that the thermodynamical entropy of a quantum-deformed black hole with horizon area $A$ can be written as $S_q=\pi\sin\left(\frac{A}{8G\mathcal N}…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-25 S. Jalalzadeh , H. Moradpour , P. V. Moniz

By applying the unified first law of thermodynamics on the apparent horizon of FRW universe, we get the entropy relation for the apparent horizon in quasi-topological gravity theory. Throughout the paper, the results of considering the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-17 H. Moradpour , R. Dehghani

This paper explores the non-equilibrium behavior of thermodynamics at the apparent horizon of isotropic and homogeneous universe model in $f(\mathcal{G},T)$ gravity ($\mathcal{G}$ and $T$ represent the Gauss-Bonnet invariant and trace of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-13 M. Sharif , Ayesha Ikram

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

The thermodynamics of the Universe is restudied by requiring its compatibility with the holographic-style gravitational equations which govern the dynamics of both the cosmological apparent horizon and the entire Universe, and possible…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-29 David Wenjie Tian , Ivan Booth

The equations of motion describing all physical systems, except gravity, remain invariant if a constant is added to the Lagrangian. In the conventional approach, gravitational theories break this symmetry exhibited by all other physical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-22 T. Padmanabhan

The present work is devoted to explore some interesting cosmological features of a newly proposed theory of gravity namely $\mathcal{F}(R,L_m,T)$ theory, where $R$ and $T$ represent the Ricci scalar and trace of energy momentum-tensor,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-09 M. Zubair , Saira Waheed , Quratulien Muneer , M. Ahmad

The present study is elaborated to investigate the validity of thermodynamical laws in a modified teleparallel gravity based on higher-order derivatives terms of torsion scalar. For this purpose, we consider spatially flat FRW model filled…

General Physics · Physics 2019-06-07 Saira Waheed , M. Zubair

We investigate the laws of thermodynamics in an accelerating universe driven by dark energy with a time-dependent equation of state. In the case we consider that the physically relevant part of the Universe is that envelopped by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Bin Wang , Yungui Gong , Elcio Abdalla

A new class of modified theories of gravity, consisting of the superposition of the metric Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian with an $f(\cal R)$ term constructed \`{a} la Palatini was proposed recently. The dynamically equivalent scalar-tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-04-05 Salvatore Capozziello , Tiberiu Harko , Tomi S. Koivisto , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Gonzalo J. Olmo

I clarify the differences between various approaches in the literature which attempt to link gravity and thermodynamics. I then describe a new perspective based on the following features: (1) As in the case of any other matter field, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-09 T. Padmanabhan

We present an observation about the proposal that four-dimensional modification of general relativity may explain the observed cosmic acceleration today. Assuming that the thermodynamical nature of gravity theory continues to hold in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Peng Wang

The present work deals with universe bounded by the cosmological event horizon as a thermodynamical system which is irreversible in nature.Using non-equilibrium thermodynamical approach the entropy variation on the event horizon has been…

General Physics · Physics 2014-06-30 Subenoy Chakraborty , Atreyee Biswas

We examine the conditions under which the thermodynamic behaviour of gravity can be explained within an emergent gravity scenario, where the metric is defined as a composite operator. We show that due to the availability of a boundary of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Lorenzo Sindoni

To investigate the relationship between gravity and thermodynamics in the case of dynamic systems, we interpret the apparent horizon of the Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime as a thermodynamic system. We derive the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-22 Luis M. Sanchez , Hernando Quevedo

We consider a spatially flat Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker space time and investigate the second law and the generalized second law of thermodynamics for apparent horizon in generalized modified Gauss Bonnet theory of gravity (whose…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-17 H. Mohseni Sadjadi

Starting from the Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) theory and using an inverse approach, we construct a general form of the entropy expression associated with the horizon based on the entropic nature of gravity. Using the…

General Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Ahamd Sheykhi , Leila Liravi