Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2006-07-29
Phys.Rev.D74:104015,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
revised version: typos corrected and references added; revtex4; 9 pages; no figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.104015
Spacetimes with horizons show a resemblance to thermodynamic systems and one can associate the notions of temperature and entropy with them. In the case of Einstein-Hilbert gravity, it is possible to interpret Einstein's equations as the thermodynamic identity TdS = dE + PdV for a spherically symmetric spacetime and thus provide a thermodynamic route to understand the dynamics of gravity. We study this approach further and show that the field equations for Lanczos-Lovelock action in a spherically symmetric spacetime can also be expressed as TdS = dE + PdV with S and E being given by expressions previously derived in the literature by other approaches. The Lanczos-Lovelock Lagrangians are of the form L=Q_a^{bcd}R^a_{bcd} with \nabla_b Q^{abcd}=0. In such models, the expansion of Q^{abcd} in terms of the derivatives of the metric tensor determines the structure of the theory and higher order terms can be interpreted quantum corrections to Einstein gravity. Our result indicates a deep connection between the thermodynamics of horizons and the allowed quantum corrections to standard Einstein gravity, and shows that the relation TdS = dE + PdV has a greater domain of validity that Einstein's field equations.
Padmanabhan Thanu
Paranjape Aseem
Sarkar Sudipta
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