Dolan, Brian P.
(2014)
Black holes and Boyle’s law — the
thermodynamics of the cosmological constant.
Working Paper.
arXiv.org.
Abstract
When the cosmological constant, Ʌ, is interpreted as a thermodynamic
variable in the study of black hole thermodynamics a very rich structure
emerges. It is natural to interpret Ʌ as a pressure and define the thermo-
dynamically conjugate variable to be the thermodynamic volume of the
black hole (which need not bear any relation to the geometric volume).
Recent progress in this new direction for black hole thermodynamics is
reviewed.
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Working Paper)
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| Keywords: |
Black holes; Boyle’s law; thermodynamics; cosmological constant; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematical Physics |
| Item ID: |
5930 |
| Identification Number: |
arXiv:1408.4023 [gr-qc] |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Brian Dolan
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| Date Deposited: |
02 Mar 2015 16:54 |
| Publisher: |
arXiv.org |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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