Some remarks on black hole temperature and the second law of thermodynamics

Details Some remarks on black hole temperature and the second law of thermodynamics Some remarks on black hole temperature and the second law of thermodynamics

2001-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0105089v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

3 pages; part of a talk given at EFI, at the University of Chicago; misprint corrected

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I present a formulation of the second law of thermodynamics in the presence
of black holes which makes use of the efficiency of an ideal machine extracting
heat cyclically from a black hole. The Carnot coefficient is found and it is
shown to be a simple function of the mass.

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