Coulomb Force as an Entropic Force

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2010-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1001.4965v2

Phys.Rev.D81:104045,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

discussion and bibliography updated

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104045

Motivated by Verlinde's theory of entropic gravity, we give a tentative explanation to Coulomb's law with an entropic force. When trying to do this, we find the equipartition rule should be extended to charges and the concept of temperature should be reinterpreted. If one accepts the holographic principle as well as our generalizations and reinterpretations, then Coulomb's law, the Poisson equation and the Maxwell equations can be derived smoothly. Our attempt can be regarded as a new way to unify the electromagnetic force with gravity, from the entropic origin. Possibly some of our postulates are related to the D-brane picture of black hole thermodynamics.

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