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Black Hole Thermodynamics and Lorentz Symmetry

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Recent developments point to a breakdown in the generalized second law of thermodynamics for theories with Lorentz symmetry violation. It appears possible to construct a perpetual motion machine of the second kind in such theories, using a black hole to catalyze the conversion of heat to work. Here we describe and extend the arguments leading to that conclusion. We suggest the inference that local Lorentz symmetry may be an emergent property of the macroscopic world with origins in a microscopic second law of causal horizon thermodynamics.

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    Ted Jacobson & Aron C. Wall

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Jacobson, T., Wall, A.C. Black Hole Thermodynamics and Lorentz Symmetry. Found Phys 40, 1076–1080 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9423-5

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