On the intrinsic entropy of the gravitational field

Details On the intrinsic entropy of the gravitational field On the intrinsic entropy of the gravitational field

May 1985

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General Relativity and Gravitation (ISSN 0001-7701), vol. 17, May 1985, p. 417-437.

Physics

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Entropy, Gravitational Fields, Gravitational Wave Antennas, Irreversible Processes, Quantum Theory, Relativity, Gravitation Theory, Linearization

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It is shown that in linearized general relativity it is impossible to construct a detector by the use of which the quantum state of the linearized gravitational field could be reliably determined. This is because there is no material satisfying the positive energy condition which can serve as a good conductor or absorber of gravitational radiation over a finite range of frequencies. If this property is true of the full theory, then a certain proportion of both the energy and information carried by a gravitational wave is irreversibly lost, and there is a corresponding intrinsic entropy associated with any distribution of gravitational radiation.

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