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arxiv: 0808.3308 · v1 · submitted 2008-08-25 · 🌀 gr-qc

Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics in Extended Theories of Gravity

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keywords gravitytildeapparentfracgeneralgeneralizedhorizonsecond
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By employing the general expression of temperature $T_{h}=|\kappa|/2\pi = \frac{1}{2\pi \tilde{r}_{A}}(1-\frac{\dot{\tilde{r}}_{A}}{2H\tilde{r}_{A}})$ associated with the apparent horizon of a FRW universe and assuming a region of FRW universe enclosed by the apparent horizon as a thermal system in equilibrium, we are able to show that the generalized second law of thermodynamics holds in Gauss-Bonnet gravity and in more general Lovelock gravity.

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