Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-04-28
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 124015
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
16 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.124015
Entropy bounds applied to a system of N species of light quantum fields in thermal equilibrium at temperature T are saturated in four dimensions at a maximal temperature T_max=M_Planck/N^1/2. We show that the correct setup for understanding the reason for the saturation is a cosmological setup, and that a possible explanation is the copious production of black holes at this maximal temperature. The proposed explanation implies, if correct, that N light fields cannot be in thermal equilibrium at temperatures T above T_max. However, we have been unable to identify a concrete mechanism that is efficient and quick enough to prevent the universe from exceeding this limiting temperature. The same issues can be studied in the framework of AdS/CFT by using a brane moving in a five dimensional AdS-Schwarzschild space to model a radiation dominated universe. In this case we show that T_max is the temperature at which the brane just reaches the horizon of the black hole, and that entropy bounds and the generalized second law of thermodynamics seem to be violated when the brane continues to fall into the black hole. We find, again, that the known physical mechanisms, including black hole production, are not efficient enough to prevent the brane from falling into the black hole. We propose several possible explanations for the apparent violation of entropy bounds, but none is a conclusive one.
Brustein Ram
Eichler David
Foffa Stefano
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