Thermodynamics of the Apparent Horizon in FRW Universe with Massive Gravity |
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Authors: | LI Hui ZHANG Yi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, Yantai University, 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai 264005, China;2. College of Mathematics and Physics, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China;3. State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China |
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Abstract: | Applying Clausius relation with energy-supply defined by the unified first law of thermodynamics formalism to the apparent horizon of a massive gravity model in cosmology proposed lately, the corrected entropic formula of the apparent horizon is obtained with the help of the modified Friedmann equations. This entropy-area relation, together with the identified Misner-Sharp internal energy, verifies the first law of thermodynamics for the apparent horizon with a volume change term for consistency. On the other hand, by means of the corrected entropy-area formula and the Clausius relation δQ=T dS, where the heat flow δQ is the energy-supply of pure matter projecting on the vector ζ tangent to the apparent horizon and should be looked on as the amount of energy crossing the apparent horizon during the time interval dt and the temperature of the apparent horizon for energy crossing during the same interval is 1/2πrA, the modified Friedmann equations governing the dynamical evolution of the universe are reproduced with the known energy density and pressure of massive graviton. The integration constant is found to correspond to a cosmological term which could be absorbed into the energy density of matter. Having established the correspondence of massive cosmology with the unified first law of thermodynamics on the apparent horizon, the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics is also discussed by assuming the thermal equilibrium between the apparent horizon and the matter field bounded by the apparent horizon. It is found that, in the limit Hc→0, which recovers the Minkowski reference metric solution in the flat case, the generalized second law of thermodynamics holds if α3+4α4<0. Without this condition, even for the simplest model of dRGT massive cosmology with α3=α4=0, the generalized second law of thermodynamics could be violated. |
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Keywords: | unified first law of thermodynamics Clausius relation dRGT massive gravity generalized second law of thermodynamics |
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