Thermodynamic origin of the null energy condition

Parikh, M; Svesko, A

Parikh, M (reprint author), Arizona State Univ, Dept Phys, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2017; 95 (10):

Abstract

We derive the classical null energy condition, understood as a constraint on the Ricci tensor, from the second law of thermodynamics applied locally t......

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