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We define, by an integral of geometric quantities over a spherical shell of arbitrary radius, an invariant gravitational entropy. This definition relies on defining a gravitational energy and pressure, and it reduces at the horizon of both…

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In the context of modified $f(R)$ gravity, we attempt to study the thermodynamic properties of the evolving Lorentzian wormholes at the apparent horizon. It is shown that the wormhole can be derived from a particular $f(R)$ model in the…

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In this paper, for dimensionally continued gravity coupled to Born-Infeld electromagnetic field, we construct topological black holes in diverse dimensions and construct dyonic black holes in general even dimensions. We study thermodynamics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-26 Kun Meng , Da-Bao Yang

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…

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Black holes are the natural arena for exploring the interplay between gravity and thermodynamics. Although the association between black hole mechanics and black hole thermodynamics is well-established, the comprehensive geometric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-19 Diego Fernández-Silvestre , Alberto Guilabert , Pedro Bargueño , Juan A. Miralles

We explore the relationship between the first law of thermodynamics and gravitational field equation at a static, spherically symmetric black hole horizon in Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshtiz theory with/without detailed balance. It turns out that as in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-07 Rong-Gen Cai , Nobuyoshi Ohta

We investigate whether the new horizon first law still holds in $f(R,R^{\mu\nu}R_{\mu\nu})$ theory. For this complicated theory, we first determine the entropy of black hole via Wald method, then we derive the energy by using the new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-04 Haiyuan Feng , Rong-Jia Yang

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

We investigate Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) 4D massive gravity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) in an Anti-de-Sitter (AdS) background and find an exact magnetically charged black hole solution. The metric function was analyzed for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-02 Prosenjit Paul , S. I. Kruglov

We study Einstein-Born-Infeld gravity and construct the dyonic (A)dS planar black holes in general even dimensions, that carry both the electric charge and magnetic fluxes along the planar space. In four dimensions, the solution can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-06 Shoulong Li , H. Lu , Hao Wei

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

It was shown recently that, in the case of Schwarschild black hole, one can obtain the correct thermodynamic relations by studying a model quantum system and using a particular duality transformation. We study this approach further for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-19 Sudipta Sarkar , T. Padmanabhan

We extend to the Horndeski realm the irreversible thermodynamics description of gravity previously studied in "first generation" scalar-tensor theories. We identify a subclass of Horndeski theories as an out-of--equilibrium state, while…

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We study the thermodynamics of a class of four-dimensional black hole solutions arising from the compactification of a higher-curvature gravity theory featuring an infinite tower of Lovelock-type invariants. For planar horizons, we identify…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-30 Adolfo Cisterna , Mokhtar Hassaine , Ulises Hernandez-Vera

Glavan and Lin's proposal of an effective four-dimensional Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet (4D-EGB) gravity framework yields predictions that differ from general relativity in some regimes. A range of black hole studies have offered insights into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-26 Syed Masood

The geodesic structure and thermal properties of Gaussian Black Holes (\textbf{GBH})s in modified and Einstein gravities are studied and compared. In the geodesic part, motion of a test particle (massive and massless) are discussed,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-14 M. Haditale , B. Malekolkalami

Recently, Ho$\breve{r}$ava proposed a non-relativistic renormalizable theory of gravity which is essentially a field theoretic model for a UV complete theory of gravity and reduces to Einstein gravity with a non-vanishing cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-19 Ritabrata biswas , Subenoy Chakraborty

The Hamiltonian thermodynamics formalism is applied to the general $d$-dimensional Reissner-Nordstr\"om-anti-de Sitter black hole with spherical, planar, and hyperbolic horizon topology. After writing its action and performing a Legendre…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Gonçalo A. S. Dias , José P. S. Lemos

Modified gravity theories are of great interest in both observational and theoretical studies. In this article we study the correlation between the null geodesics in the background of a four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-Gauss-Bonnet AdS…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-19 Kartheek Hegde , A. Naveena Kumara , C. L. Ahmed Rizwan , Md Sabir Ali , Ajith K. M

In five dimensions, we consider a model described by the Einstein gravity with a source given by a scalar field and various Abelian gauge fields with dilatonic-like couplings. For this model, we are able to construct two dyonic black holes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-24 Moises Bravo-Gaete , Mokhtar Hassaine