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We consider a general, classical theory of gravity in $n$ dimensions, arising from a diffeomorphism invariant Lagrangian. In any such theory, to each vector field, $\xi^a$, on spacetime one can associate a local symmetry and, hence, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Robert M. Wald

In this paper, we investigate black-hole thermodynamics in the multi-fractional theory with $q$-derivatives, focusing on static, spherically symmetric vacuum solutions in the spherical-coordinate approximation. In the geometric frame the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-06 Reggie C. Pantig

The first law of black hole mechanics was derived by Wald in a general covariant theory of gravity for stationary variations around a stationary black hole. It is formulated in terms of Noether charges, and has many advantages. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-25 Shinji Mukohyama

The entropy of stationary black holes has recently been calculated by a number of different approaches. Here we compare the Noether charge approach (defined for any diffeomorphism invariant Lagrangian theory) with various Euclidean methods,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Vivek Iyer , Robert M. Wald

Inspired by the BTZ formalism, we discuss the Maxwell-$f(T)$ gravity in (2+1)-dimensions. The main task is to derive exact solutions for a special form of $f(T)=T+\epsilon T^2$, with $T$ being the torsion scalar of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-23 G. G. L. Nashed , S. Capozziello

We express the Noether charge entropy density of a black brane in anti-deSitter space in terms of local operators in the anti-deSitter space bulk. We find that Wald's expression for the Noether charge entropy needs to be modified away from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-14 Ram Brustein , Dan Gorbonos

Using the Wald's relation between the Noether charge of diffeomorphisms and the entropy for a generic spacetime possessing a bifurcation surface, we introduce a method to obtain a family of higher order derivatives effective actions from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 Francesco Caravelli , Leonardo Modesto

We study the entropy of static, spherically symmetric black holes in diffeomorphism-invariant theories with nonminimal matter--curvature couplings, using the covariant phase space formalism. For regular bifurcate Killing horizons, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-22 Jia-Zhou Liu , Shan-Ping Wu , Shao-Wen Wei , Yu-Xiao Liu

The Noether-charge realization and the Hamiltonian realization for the $\diff({\cal M})$ algebra in diffeomorphism invariant gravitational theories are studied in a covariant formalism. For the Killing vector fields, the Nother-charge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-24 Chao-Guang Huang , Han-Ying Guo , Xiaoning Wu

Recently Hollands, Wald and Zhang proposed a new formula for the entropy of a dynamical black hole for an arbitrary theory of gravity obtained from a diffeomorphism covariant Lagrangian via the Noether charge method. We present an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-07 Delong Kong , Yu Tian , Hongbao Zhang , Jinan Zhao

The equivalence principle and its universality enables the geometrical formulation of gravity. In the standard formulation of General Relativity \'a la Einstein, the gravitational interaction is geometrized in terms of the spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-23 Lavinia Heisenberg , Simon Kuhn , Laurens Walleghem

Weyl transverse gravity is a gravitational theory that is invariant under transverse diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations. It is characterised by having the same classical solutions as general relativity while solving some of its issues…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-23 Ana Alonso-Serrano , Luis J. Garay , Marek Liška

In this letter, we study a holographic diffeomorphism invariant higher-derivative extension of Bergshoeff-Hohm-Townsend (BHT) cosmological gravity in the context of Wald's formalism. We calculate the entropy, mass and angular momentum of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-30 Davood Mahdavian Yekta

Using the solution phase space method, we investigate the conserved charges of BTZ-like black holes in Einstein-bumblebee gravity. Our study shows that the black hole mass, angular momentum and entropy are influenced by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-01 Hai-Feng Ding

For the BTZ black hole in the Einstein gravity, a statistical entropy has been calculated. It is equal to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. In this article, its statistical entropy in the higer curvature gravity is calculated and shown to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hiromi Saida , Jiro Soda

The canonical approach to black hole entropy in Poincar\'e gauge theory without matter is extended to include Maxwell field as a matter source. The new formalism is used to calculate asymptotic charges and entropy of Kerr--Newmann--AdS…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-25 Milutin Blagojević , Branislav Cvetković

Mass and other conserved Noether charges are discussed for solutions of gravity theories with locally Anti-de Sitter asymptotics in 2n dimensions. The action is supplemented with a boundary term whose purpose is to guarantee that it reaches…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Rodrigo Aros , Mauricio Contreras , Rodrigo Olea , Ricardo Troncoso , Jorge Zanelli

We shed a new light on the longstanding problem of covariant charges in diffeomorphism invariant theories like General Relativity (GR) by noting the other important feature of the theory, the background independence. To this end, we develop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-07 M. Golshani , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , V. Taghiloo , M. H. Vahidinia

The Noether current and its variation relation with respect to diffeomorphism invariance of gravitational theories have been derived from the horizontal variation and vertical-horizontal bi-variation of the Lagrangian, respectively. For…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-17 Xiaoning Wu , Han-Ying Guo , Chao-Guang Huang , Ke Wu

It has been recently shown that there is a particular combination of conformal invariants in six dimensions which accepts a generic Einstein space as a solution. The Lagrangian of this Conformal Gravity theory -- originally found by Lu,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-04 Giorgos Anastasiou , Ignacio J. Araya , Cristobal Corral , Rodrigo Olea