arxiv: 1511.06460 · v2 · pith:ZEWTB4AMnew · submitted 2015-11-20 · ✦ hep-th

Thermodynamic Origin of the Null Energy Condition

Maulik Parikh , Andrew Svesko This is my paper

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We derive the classical null energy condition, understood as a constraint on the Ricci tensor, from the second law of thermodynamics applied locally to Bekenstein-Hawking entropy associated with patches of null congruences. The derivation provides evidence that the null energy condition, which has usually been regarded as a condition on matter, is fundamentally a property of gravity.

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