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arxiv: 1201.5754 · v2 · pith:PUB6CSFRnew · submitted 2012-01-27 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Gravitational entropy and thermodynamics away from the horizon

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qc
keywords entropyfieldgravitationaltheoryblackenergyhorizonpressure
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We define, by an integral of geometric quantities over a spherical shell of arbitrary radius, an invariant gravitational entropy. This definition relies on defining a gravitational energy and pressure, and it reduces at the horizon of both black branes and black holes to Wald's Noether charge entropy. We support the thermodynamic interpretation of the proposed entropy by showing that, for some cases, the field theory duals of the entropy, energy and pressure are the same as the corresponding quantities in the field theory. In this context, the Einstein equations are equivalent to the field theory thermodynamic relation TdS=dE+PdV supplemented by an equation of state.

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