Dynamical horizon entropy and equilibrium thermodynamics of generalized gravity theories

Details Dynamical horizon entropy and equilibrium thermodynamics of generalized gravity theories Dynamical horizon entropy and equilibrium thermodynamics of generalized gravity theories

2009-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/0912.4633v3

Phys.Rev.D81:044034,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

23 pages, no figure, minor changes, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.81.044034

We study the relation between the thermodynamics and field equations of generalized gravity theories on the dynamical trapping horizon with sphere symmetry. We assume the entropy of dynamical horizon as the Noether charge associated with the Kodama vector and point out that it satisfies the second law when a Gibbs equation holds. We generalize two kinds of Gibbs equations to Gauss-Bonnet gravity on any trapping horizon. Based on the quasi-local gravitational energy found recently for $f(R)$ gravity and scalar-tensor gravity in some special cases, we also build up the Gibbs equations, where the nonequilibrium entropy production, which is usually invoked to balance the energy conservation, is just absorbed into the modified Wald entropy in the FRW spacetime with slowly varying horizon. Moreover, the equilibrium thermodynamic identity remains valid for $f(R)$ gravity in a static spacetime. Our work provides an alternative treatment to reinterpret the nonequilibrium correction and supports the idea that the horizon thermodynamics is universal for generalized gravity theories.

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