Published June 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Time evolution of entropy in gravitational collapse

  • 1. HEPCOS, Department of Physics, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1500 (United States)

Description

We study the time evolution of the entropy of a collapsing spherical domain wall, from the point of view of an asymptotic observer, by investigating the entropy of the entire system (i.e. domain wall and radiation) and induced radiation alone during the collapse. By taking the difference, we find the entropy of the collapsing domain wall, since this is the object which will form a black hole. We find that for large values of time (times larger than t/Rs ≈ 8), the entropy of the collapsing domain wall is a constant, which is of the same order as the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2009/06/032

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2009
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
p. 032
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45094394
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES