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The generalized second law (GSL) of black hole thermodynamics asserts the monotonic increase of the generalized entropy combining the black hole area and the entropy of quantum fields outside the horizon. Modern proofs of the GSL rely on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-08 Antoine Rignon-Bret , Matthieu Vilatte

We study the variation of the massive black hole in both normal and extended thermodynamic phase spaces via two methods. The first method includes a charged particle absorbed by the black hole, while the second method includes a shell of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-02 Shi-Qian Hu , Bo Liu , Xiao-Mei Kuang , Rui-Hong Yue

We present a class of charged black hole solutions in an ($n+2)$-dimensional massive gravity with a negative cosmological constant, and study thermodynamics and phase structure of the black hole solutions both in grand canonical ensemble…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-01-27 Rong-Gen Cai , Ya-Peng Hu , Qi-Yuan Pan , Yun-Long Zhang

Many fundamental issues remain for black hole thermodynamics after almost half a century of its conception. For example, what are the underlying degrees of freedom of a black hole horizon that give rise to said thermodynamical properties?…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-01 Yen Chin Ong

We analyze the thermodynamical properties of black holes in a modified theory of gravity, which was initially proposed to obtain correct dynamics of galaxies and galaxy clusters without dark matter. The thermodynamics of non-rotating and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-20 Jonas R. Mureika , John W. Moffat , Mir Faizal

For normal thermodynamic systems superadditivity $\S$, homogeneity $\H$ and concavity $\C$ of the entropy hold, whereas for $(3+1)$-dimensional black holes the latter two properties are violated. We show that $(1+1)$-dimensional black holes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 P. T. Landsberg , R. B. Mann

We present an approach to the four laws of black hole thermodynamics by utilizing the thermodynamics of quantum coherence. Firstly, Hawking effect is attributed to the decoherence of the two-mode squeezed state in a black hole spacetime.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Xiao-Kan Guo

Black holes have often provided profound insights into the nature of gravity and the structure of space-time. The study of the mathematical properties of black objects is a major research theme of contemporary theoretical physics. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-14 Sudipta Sarkar

Black hole thermodynamics provides a rare window into the elusive quantum nature of gravity. In the first-order formalism for gravitational theories, where torsion and gauge freedom are present, it has been suggested that the first law of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-15 O. Ramirez , Y. Bonder

The topological contribution to black hole entropy of a Gauss-Bonnet term in four dimensions opens up the possibility of a violation of the second law of thermodynamics in black hole mergers. We show, however, that the second law is not…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-01-23 Saugata Chatterjee , Maulik Parikh

Scalar-tensor theory of gravity with nonlinear electromagnetic field, minimally coupled to gravity is considered and static black hole solutions are obtained. Namely, power-law and Born-Infeld nonlinear Lagrangians for the electromagnetic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-22 M. M. Stetsko

Some problems have been found as to the definition of entropy of black hole being applied to the extremal Kerr-Newman case, which has conflicts with the third law of thermodynamics. We have proposed a new modification for the near extremal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hai Lin

The third law of thermodynamics is formulated precisely: all points of the state space of zero temperature $\Gamma_0$ are physically adiabatically inaccessible from the state space of a simple system. In addition to implying the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-08-22 Walter F. Wreszinski , Elcio Abdalla

As in thermodynamics, the celebrated first law of black hole mechanics relates infinitesimal changes in the properties of nearby equilibrium states of black holes (without reference to any physical process that causes the transition). Using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Abhay Ashtekar , Daniel E. Paraizo , Jonathan Shu

We review the present status of black hole thermodynamics. Our review includes discussion of classical black hole thermodynamics, Hawking radiation from black holes, the generalized second law, and the issue of entropy bounds. A brief…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-27 Robert M. Wald

We analyze the thermodynamical behavior of black holes in closed finite boxes. First the black hole mass evolution is analyzed in an initially empty box. Using the conservation of the energy and the Hawking evaporation flux, we deduce a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 P. S. Custódio , J. E. Horvath

Black hole thermodynamics is the area of study that seeks to reconcile the laws of thermodynamics with the existence of black hole event horizons. Here we calculate the entropy corresponding to the interior of a Schwarzschild black hole for…

General Physics · Physics 2019-02-28 Sandip Dutta , Ritabrata Biswas

The first and second laws of black hole thermodynamics are verified to emerge from a generic semiclassical theory of gravity for which a Hamiltonian can be defined. The first law is established for stationary spacetimes, and the second law…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-07 Bruno Arderucio-Costa

The thermal balance between the black hole and surrounding thermal radiation is an interesting topic. The primordial black hole is a type of black hole formed in the early universe, especially during the thermal radiation period of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-02 Ruifeng Zheng

Thermodynamics of a large family of black holes from electrovacuum solutions of Einstein's equations is studied. This family includes rotating and non-accelerating black holes with NUT charge, and rotating and accelerating black holes. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 Muhammad Bilal , K. Saifullah