Thermodynamic origin of the null energy condition

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Authors: Parikh, Maulik; Svesko, Andrew;

doi: 10.1103/physrevd.95.104002 , 10.48550/arxiv.1511.06460

arXiv: 1511.06460

Thermodynamic origin of the null energy condition

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We derive the classical null energy condition, understood as a constraint on the Ricci tensor, from the second law of thermodynamics applied locally to Bekenstein-Hawking entropy associated with patches of null congruences. The derivation provides evidence that the null energy condition, which has usually been regarded as a condition on matter, is fundamentally a property of gravity.

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High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences

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