2007/02/01 by Daniel K. L. Oi, Jonathan Oppenheim, Oi, Daniel K. L. +1
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Heat Transfer and Optimization #Numerical methods for differential equations #Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0702010
arxiv created 2007/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2007/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
When long-range interactions are present the usual definition of temperature implies that two systems in thermal equilibrium can be at different temperatures. This local temperature has physical significance, if the sub-systems cease to interact, each system will be at their different local temperatures. This is formally related to redshifting of temperature in general relativity. We propose experiments to test this effect which are feasible using current microfabrication techniques. It is also possible to display thermodynamical analogues to black-hole space-time.