2003/10/16 by H. -H. v. Borzeszkowski, T. Chrobok
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc
published as Found.Phys. 33 (2003) 529 · 7 pages, revtex document
arxiv created 2003/10/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
In discussing fundamentals of general-relativistic irreversible continuum thermodynamics, this theory is shown to be characterized by the feature that no thermodynamical degrees of freedom are ascribed to gravitation. However, accepting that black hole thermodynamics seems to oppose this harmlessness of gravitation one is called on consider other approaches. Therefore, in brief some gravitational and thermodynamical alternatives are reviewed.