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The present equilibrium formulation of thermodynamics for black holes has several drawbacks, such as assuming the same temperature for black hole and heat bath. Recently the author formulated non-equilibrium thermodynamics for glassy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen

Between 1972 and 1975, Jacob Bekenstein proposed that black holes possess entropy proportional to their horizon area, and Stephen Hawking derived this relationship from semiclassical quantum field theory in curved spacetime, predicting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-12 Ricardo Bulcão Valente Ferrari , Samuel Bueno Soltau

After a brief historical introduction, we summarize current efforts and accomplishments in the study of supermassive black holes.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Laura Ferrarese , David Merritt

This is a review of current theory of black-hole dynamics, concentrating on the framework in terms of trapping horizons. Summaries are given of the history, the classical theory of black holes, the defining ideas of dynamical black holes,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-28 Sean A. Hayward

These are the lecture notes for a course at the "Roberto Salmeron School in Mathematical Physics" held at the University of Brasilia in September 2025, to be published in the proceedings book "Modern topics in mathematical physics." The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-01 Pietro Benetti Genolini

Masking of black holes means that, for given total mass and Hawking temperatures, these data may correspond to either "pure" black hole or a black hole of a lesser mass surrounded by a massive shell. It is shown that there is one-to one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-19 Oleg B. Zaslavskii

Thermodynamic formalism for rotating black holes, characterized by noncommutative and quantum corrections, is constructed. From a fundamental thermodynamic relation, equations of state and thermodynamic response functions are explicitly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-28 L. F. Escamilla-Herrera , E. Mena-Barboza , J. Torres-Arenas

We review the remarkable relationship between the laws of black hole mechanics and the ordinary laws of thermodynamics. It is emphasized that - in analogy with the laws of thermodynamics - the validity the laws of black hole mechanics does…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert M. Wald

In this work, we treat black holes as bifurcation points and explore their thermodynamic phase structure using the framework of bifurcation theory which is a commonly used method from nonlinear dynamics. By constructing an appropriate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-10 Bidyut Hazarika , Prabwal Phukon

This is a revised and shortened version of a MSc thesis submitted to the University of Sussex, UK. An introduction into the pre-string physics of black holes and related thermodynamics is given. Then, starting with an introduction of how…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Sascha Vongehr

The recent model of Quantum Mechanical Black Holes is discussed and its implications for cosmology, particle structure, low dimensionality and other issues are examined.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. G. Sidharth

We explore the thermodynamics of a general class of two dimensional dilatonic black-holes. A simple prescription is given that allows us to compute the mass, entropy and thermodynamic potentials, with results in agreement with those…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Chiara R. Nappi , Andrea Pasquinucci

In this article, we consider a conventional black hole under f(R) gravity. Due to the small fluctuations around the equilibrium state, we have summarized the expression of the modified thermodynamic entropy of this black hole. At the same…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-27 Wen-Xiang Chen , Yao-Guang Zheng , Jing-Yi Zhang

The present paper is aimed to study thermodynamical properties of phase transition for regular charged black holes. In this context, we have considered two different forms of black hole metrics supplemented with exponential and logistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-30 Wajiha Javed , Z. Yousaf , Zunaira Akhtar

We purpose an approach for the thermodynamic analysis of rotating and non-linear magnetic-charged black hole with quintessence. Accordingly, we compute various thermodynamics quantities of the black hole, such as mass, temperature,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-02 Ragil Tsafack Ndongmo , Saleh Mahamat , Thomas Bouetou Bouetou , Timoleon Crepin Kofane

We give a brief overview of the black hole information problem emphasizing fundamental issues and recent proposals for its resolution. The focus is on broad perspective and providing a guide to current literature rather than presenting full…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-02 Donald Marolf

We review recent progress in understanding certain aspects of the thermodynamics of black holes and other horizons. Our discussion centers on various ``entropy bounds'' which have been proposed in the literature and on the current…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Donald Marolf

The comparison of geometrical properties of black holes with classical thermodynamic variables reveals surprising parallels between the laws of black hole mechanics and the laws of thermodynamics. Since Hawking's discovery that black holes…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2019-03-18 Carina E. A. Prunkl , Christopher G. Timpson

In recent years, unprecedented progress has been achieved regarding black holes' observation through the electromagnetic channel. The images of the supermassive black holes M87$^{*}$ and Sgr A$^{*}$ released by the Event Horizon Telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-11 Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing , Wei-Liang Qian , Bin Wang

We present the thermodynamics of a charged and rotating BTZ black holes here. In particular, we derive expressions for various macroscopic thermal quantities such as entropy, Hawking temperature, Helmholtz free energy, internal energy,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-01 Sudhaker Upadhyay , Nadeem-ul-islam , Prince A. Ganai