Gravitational Entropy in a Self-Consistent Thermodynamic Cosmological Solution
- 25 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 48 (4) , 219-222
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.48.219
Abstract
The entropy of a Robertson-Walker universe (, ) in statistical thermodynamic stable equilibrium with conformal bosons is calculated with use of a new self-consistent method. Its value is similar to but higher than the entropy of an alternative empty de Sitter solution, which may help in interpretation of Hawking thermal states.
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