Friday, November 18, 2011

1107.0515 (Rong-Xin Miao et al.)

Violation of the first law of black hole thermodynamics in $f(T)$ gravity    [PDF]

Rong-Xin Miao, Miao Li, Yan-Gang Miao
We prove that, in general, the first law of black hole thermodynamics, $\delta Q=T\delta S$, is violated in $f(T)$ gravity. As a result, it is possible that there exists entropy production, which implies that the black hole thermodynamics can be in non-equilibrium even in the static spacetime. This feature is very different from that of $f(R)$ or that of other higher derivative gravity theories. We find that the violation of first law results from the lack of local Lorentz invariance in $f(T)$ gravity. By investigating two examples, we note that $f"(0)$ should be negative in order to avoid the naked singularities and superluminal motion of light. When $f"(T)$ is small, the entropy of black holes in $f(T)$ gravity is approximatively equal to $\frac{f'(T)}{4}A$.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0515

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