Gravitational Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics  

Statistical Mechanics > s.a. horizons; phenomenology of gravity; statistical mechanics.
@ N-body systems: Padmanabhan PRP(90); Zaslavskii PLA(91); Hut ap/97-in; El-Zant PRE(98)ap [simulations]; de Vega et al CSF(99)ap/98, & Sánchez PLB(00)ht/99, NPB(02)ap/01, NPB(02)ap/01; Morikawa G&C(00); Cipriani & Pettini ASS(03)ap/01 [chaos and statistical mechanics]; Katz FP(03)ap/02 [intro]; Laliena NPB(03)ap, NPB(05)ap/03; Fischer ap/03/A&A [thermal equilibrium]; Velázquez & Guzmán ap/03 [thermodynamic limit].
@ Black holes: Braden et al PRD(90); Harms & Leblanc PRD(92), PRD(93); Krasnov GRG(98)gq/96 [quantum]; Gour PRD(00)gq/99; Kan et al PRD(01)gq [BPS black holes]; Chevalier et al PhyA(07); Balasubramanian et al GRG(08) [typicality versus thermality]; Chevalier & Debbasch PhyA(09) [thermal ensembles]; > s.a. black-hole thermodynamics and specific black holes.
@ Radiation in cavity: Katz & Okuta CQG(95), Parentani et al CQG(95) [with black hole]; Padmanabhan & Singh CQG(03) [equilibrium].
@ Cluster expansion method: Iguchi et al PLA(99)ap/98.
@ Quantum: Major & Setter CQG(01)gq [spin networks].
@ Related topics: Kholodenko JGP(01) [2+1 gravity]; Aros PRD(06) [first-order gravity, boundary conditions].

Thermodynamics > s.a. entropy; laws of black-hole dynamics; quasilocal general relativity; thermodynamics and modified thermodynamics.
* Stability: Systems of infinite spatial extent at fixed temperature are thermodynamically unstable.
* Remark: Results are independent of a change in the canonical momenta by addition of boundary terms in the action.
@ And Einstein's equation: Jacobson PRL(95)gq [Einstein equation as equation of state]; Oppenheim PRD(02)gq/01 [V vs A-scaling], gq/01; Padmanabhan MPLA(02)ht, ASS(03)gq/02; Padmanabhan & Patel ht/03, gq/03 [semiclassical gravity and horizons]; Eling et al PRL(06)gq [non-equilibrium]; Mäkelä & Peltola IJMPD(09)gq/06; Kothawala et al PLB(07)gq; Padmanabhan & Paranjape PRD(07)gq [from entropy of null surfaces]; Öttinger PhyA(08) [non-equilibrium thermodynamics]; Eling JHEP(08)-a0806 [and hydrodynamics]; Padmanabhan a0903 [field equations and entropy density]; > s.a. theories of gravity [emergent gravity].
@ Other theories: Paranjape et al PRD(06)ht/06 [Lanczos-Lovelock gravity]; Akbar & Cai PLB(07)gq/06, Elizalde & Silva PRD(08)-a0804 [f(R) gravity]; Brustein & Hadad PRL(09)-a0903 [field equations for generalized gravity equivalent to dQ = T dS]; Wu et al a0909; Chirco & Liberati a0909 [non-equilibriuum thermodynamics and dissipation]; Bamba et al a0909; Cai & Ohta a0910 [Horava-Lifshitz gravity].
@ In cosmology: Cai & Kim JHEP(05)ht [first law in FRW models and Friedmann equation]; Izquierdo & Pavón PLB(06) [black holes and phantom-dominated universes]; Lima et al a0708 [and particle creation]; Myung PLB(09)-a0810 [phantom fields]; > s.a. friedmann equation.
@ Related topics: Chardin in(02)-a0804 [and C, P, T symmetries]; > s.a. action for general relativity; wormholes.

References > s.a. [general relativity]; quantum field theory in curved spacetime [correlation dynamics]; statistical mechanics.
@ General: Padmanabhan PRD(99)ht/98 [from general properties of black holes]; Rovelli CQG(93), CQG(93); Wald CQG(99)gq [rev]; Mann FP(03)gq/02 ["gravitational heat"]; Padmanabhan AIP(07)-a0706 [gravity as emergent, conceptual]; Vaz GRG(09)-a0905-GRF; Padmanabhan a0911-in [thermodynamic interpretation of field equations].
@ Time and thermodynamics: Connes & Rovelli CQG(94)gq; Tiwari gq/06 [unimodular theory, and cosmological constant fluctuations].
@ Quasilocal: Brown et al CQG(90); York in(91); Brown & York PRD(93), gq/93, gq/93 [microcanonical]; Martinez PRD(96)gq, PRD(96)gq; Creighton gq/96-PhD [including dilaton and gauge theory]; Ho et al CQG(98)gq/97 [duality].
@ Density of states: Braden, Whiting & York PRD(87).
@ Related topics: Balachandran et al NPB(96)gq/94 [edge states]; Mensky PLA(03) ["universal scheme"]; von Borzeszkowski & Chrobok FP(03) [no thermodynamical degrees of freedom]; > s.a. quantum spacetime [gravity as a thermodynamic limit].


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