“The four laws of black hole mechanics”

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“The four laws of black hole mechanics” is a foundational 1973 paper in theoretical physics that established the analogy between black hole dynamics and the laws of thermodynamics, laying the groundwork for black hole thermodynamics.

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instanceOf foundational work in black hole thermodynamics
physics paper
scientific paper
theoretical physics paper
author Brandon Carter
James M. Bardeen
Stephen Hawking
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citedBy Stephen Hawking's 1974 paper on black hole radiation
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States of America
describes first law of black hole mechanics
second law of black hole mechanics
third law of black hole mechanics
zeroth law of black hole mechanics
era 20th-century physics
establishesAnalogyWith first law of thermodynamics
second law of thermodynamics
third law of thermodynamics
zeroth law of thermodynamics
field black hole physics
black hole thermodynamics
gravitational physics
theoretical physics
thermodynamics
foundationFor Bekenstein–Hawking entropy
formal theory of black hole thermodynamics
hasPart first law of black hole mechanics
second law of black hole mechanics
third law of black hole mechanics
zeroth law of black hole mechanics
influenced development of black hole thermodynamics
interpretation of black hole area as entropy
research on quantum gravity
subsequent work on Hawking radiation
keyConcept area theorem
black hole angular momentum
black hole electric charge
black hole mass
event horizon area
irreducible mass of a black hole
surface gravity of a black hole
language English
mainSubject analogy between black hole mechanics and thermodynamics
black hole mechanics
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laws of black hole mechanics
publicationYear 1973
publishedIn Communications in Mathematical Physics
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topic classical general relativity
stationary black holes

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