Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology
Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is very powerful to deal with the behavior of early universe. Moreover, the effective loop quantum cosmology gives a successful description of the universe in the semiclassical region. We consider the apparent horizon of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe as a therm...
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| description | Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is very powerful to deal with the
behavior of early universe. Moreover, the
effective loop quantum cosmology gives a successful description of
the universe in the semiclassical region. We consider the apparent
horizon of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe as a
thermodynamical system and investigate the thermodynamics of LQC
in the semiclassical region. The effective density and effective
pressure in the modified Friedmann equation from LQC not only
determine the evolution of the universe in LQC scenario but
also are actually found to be the thermodynamic
quantities. This result comes from the energy definition in
cosmology (the Misner-Sharp gravitational energy) and is
consistent with thermodynamic laws. We prove that within the
framework of loop quantum cosmology, the elementary equation of
equilibrium thermodynamics is still valid. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b9286d2cdfc64fb9a4817fdbe028c9222025-02-03T01:20:49ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652009-01-01200910.1155/2009/905705905705Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum CosmologyLi-Fang Li0Jian-Yang Zhu1Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaLoop quantum cosmology (LQC) is very powerful to deal with the behavior of early universe. Moreover, the effective loop quantum cosmology gives a successful description of the universe in the semiclassical region. We consider the apparent horizon of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe as a thermodynamical system and investigate the thermodynamics of LQC in the semiclassical region. The effective density and effective pressure in the modified Friedmann equation from LQC not only determine the evolution of the universe in LQC scenario but also are actually found to be the thermodynamic quantities. This result comes from the energy definition in cosmology (the Misner-Sharp gravitational energy) and is consistent with thermodynamic laws. We prove that within the framework of loop quantum cosmology, the elementary equation of equilibrium thermodynamics is still valid.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/905705 |
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| title | Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology |
| title_full | Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology |
| title_fullStr | Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology |
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