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The thermodynamics of a system containing two black holes and black-body radiation

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The problem of two black holes in a box separated by a partition is considered. Each black hole is in thermal equilibrium with its appropriate black-body radiation. The separating partition is removed and the possible final states of the combined system are investigated. Limits on the amount of gravitational wave energy that can be produced are calculated.

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  1. N. T. Bishop

    Present address: Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Witwatersrand, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  1. Department of Mathematics, The University, SO9 5NH, Southampton, UK

    N. T. Bishop & P. T. Landsberg

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Bishop, N.T., Landsberg, P.T. The thermodynamics of a system containing two black holes and black-body radiation. Gen Relat Gravit 19, 1083–1090 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00759144

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