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We provide arguments indicating that the semiclassical Einstein equations follow from quantum relative entropy and its proportionality to an area variation. Using modular theory, we establish that the relative entropy between the vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-04 Philipp Dorau , Albert Much

Assuming that an accelerated observer with four-velocity ${\bf u}_{\rm R}$ in a curved spacetime attributes the standard Bekenstein-Hawking entropy and Unruh temperature to his "local Rindler horizon", we show that the $\rm \it change$ in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-21 Dawood Kothawala

Treating macro-black hole as quantum states, and using Brown-York quaselocal gravitational energy definition and Heisenberg uncertainty principle, we find out the classical horizon with singularity spreads into a quantum horizon in which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hua Bai , Mu-Lin Yan

We review aspects of black hole thermodynamics, and show how entanglement of a quantum field between the inside and outside of a horizon can account for the area-proportionality of black hole entropy, provided the field is in its ground…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Saurya Das , S. Shankaranarayanan

It is well known that, for a wide class of spacetimes with horizons, Einstein equations near the horizon can be written as a thermodynamic identity. It is also known that the Einstein tensor acquires a highly symmetric form near static, as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-30 Dawood Kothawala , T. Padmanabhan

The thermodynamics of black holes is shown to be directly induced by their near-horizon conformal invariance. This behavior is exhibited using a scalar field as a probe of the black hole gravitational background, for a general class of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 Horacio E. Camblong , Carlos R. Ordonez

We present a statistical mechanical calculation of the thermodynamical properties of (non rotating) isolated horizons. The introduction of Planck scale allows for the definition of an universal horizon temperature (independent of the mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Amit Ghosh , Alejandro Perez

In a recent article we have introduced Friedmann thermodynamics, where certain geometric parameters in Friedmann models are treated like their thermodynamic counterparts (temperature, entropy, Gibbs potential etc.). This model has the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-04-02 Selcuk S. Bayin

De Sitter spacetime is known to have a cosmological horizon that enjoys thermodynamic-like properties similar to those of a black hole horizon. In this note we show that a universal argument can be given for the entropy of de Sitter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Feng-Li Lin , Yong-Shi Wu

We argue that the equations of motion of quantum field theories in curved backgrounds encode new fundamental black hole thermodynamic relations. We define new entropy variation relations. These `emerge' through the monodromies that capture…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-28 Alex Chanson , Jacob Ciafre , Maria J. Rodriguez

If we assume that the source of thermodynamic system, $\rho$ and $p$, are also the source of gravity, thermal quantities, such as entropy, temperature, and chemical potential, can induce effects of gravity, or gravity can induce thermal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-12 Rong-Jia Yang

We examine the Hessian potential that derives the flat Minkowski spacetime in $(1+1)$-dimension. The entanglement thermodynamics by the Hessian geometry enables us to obtain the entanglement entropy of a corresponding quantum state by means…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-20 Hiroaki Matsueda

We study the tunneling of massless scalars across black hole horizons in any number of spacetime dimensions greater than three. Our analysis finds that corrections due to backreaction and the inverse dimensional expansion are naturally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Madhusudhan Raman

The class of problems in causal inference which seeks to isolate causal correlations solely from observational data even without interventions has come to the forefront of machine learning, neuroscience and social sciences. As new large…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-01-02 Mohammad Ali Javidian , Vaneet Aggarwal , Fanglin Bao , Zubin Jacob

The Friedmann equations of general relativity can be derived from the first law of thermodynamics when the entropy of the apparent horizon of a spatially isotropic universe is given by the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. We point out that if…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-19 James E. Lidsey

The event horizon of a black hole is arguably the most dramatic manifestation of the fact that in General Relativity, causal structure is dynamical and spacetimes can be separated into distinct regions by causal boundaries. Causal set…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-11 Astrid Eichhorn , Pedro Gamito , Nawder Stokes

The analogy between the laws of black hole mechanics and the laws of thermodynamics led Bekenstein and Hawking to argue that black holes should be considered as real thermodynamic systems that are characterised by entropy and temperature.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-01 Dimitris Moustos

Quantum thermodynamics has emerged as a central field for understanding how energy conversion processes occur in microscopic systems. In these systems, effects such as coherence, entanglement, and non-Markovianity play key roles. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 J. M. Z. Choquehuanca

There is mounting theoretical evidence that black hole horizons induce decoherence on a quantum system, say a particle, put in a superposition of locations, with the decoherence functional, evaluated after closure of the superposition,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-29 Max Joseph Fahn , Alessandro Pesci

Due to the Unruh effect, accelerated and inertial observers differ in their description of a given quantum state. The implications of this effect are explored for the entropy assigned by such observers to localized objects that may cross…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Donald Marolf , Djordje Minic , Simon Ross