A bstract Using Wald’s formalism, we study the thermodynamics (first laws and Smarr formulae) of asymptotically-flat black holes, rings etc. in a higher-dimensional higher-rank generalization Einstein-Maxwell theory. We show how to deal with electric magnetic charges objects electric-magnetic duality properties theory are realized their thermodynamics.

Setting the cosmological constant to be dynamical, we study bulk and boundary thermodynamics of charged Anti-de Sitter black holes. We develop mass/energy formulas in terms thermodynamic state functions for extended thermodynamics, mixed conformal field theory thermodynamics. employ residue method topological properties phase transitions. Our analysis reveals that are topologically equivalent b...

The field of thermodynamics is easiest to understand in the context of Newtonian mechanics. Newtonian mechanics describes the effect of forces on objects. Thermodynamics describes the effect of heat transfer on objects. When heat is transferred,the temperature of an object changes.Temperature and heat are also intimately related to energy. A hot gas in a piston has a high pressure and it can do...

We demonstrate that an equidistant area spectrum for the link variables in loop quantum gravity can reproduce both the thermodynamics and the quasinormal mode properties of black holes. On leave from Physics Department, University of Ioannina, Greece.

Thermodynamics describes the physical properties of systems composed of a large number of particles. In the beginning, it was a purely phe-nomenological science. Its basic notions, like pressure and temperature, where defined via the way they were measured and its only justification was the successful prediction of experimental results. Understanding of why the same notions were useful for the ...

When a macroscopic system in contact with a heat reservoir is driven away from equilibrium, the second law of thermodynamics places a strict bound on the amount of work performed on the system. With a microscopic system the situation is more subtle, as thermal fluctuations give rise to a statistical distribution of work values. In recent years it has been realized that such distributions encode...

Geometrical properties of the extreme Kerr black holes in the topological sectors of nonextreme and extreme configurations are studied. We find that the Euler characteristic plays an essential role to distinguish these two kinds of extreme black holes. The relationship between the geometrical properties and the intrinsic thermodynamics

Applications of Domain Wall fermions to various vector-like lattice theories are reviewed with an emphasis on QCD thermodynamics. Methods for improving their chiral properties at strong coupling are discussed and results from implementing them are presented.

There are at least two valid approaches to the thermodynamics of electrons in metals. One takes a microscopic view, based on models of electrons in metals and superconductor and uses statistical mechanics to calculate the total thermodynamic functions for the model-based system. Another uses partial molar quantities, which is a rigorous thermodynamic method to analyze systems with components th...