The limits of information

被引：14

作者：

Bekenstein, JA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel

来源：

STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS | 2001年 / 32B卷 / 04期

关键词：

black holes; entropy; second law; information; information bound;

D O I：

10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00020-X

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

Black holes have their own thermodynamics including notions of entropy and temperature and versions of the three laws. After a light introduction to black hole physics, I recollect how black hole thermodynamics evolved in the 1970s, while at the same time stressing conceptual points which were given little thought at that time, such as why the entropy should be linear in the black hole's surface area. I also review a variety of attempts made over the years to provide a statistical mechanics for black hole thermodynamics. Finally, I discuss the origin of the information bounds for ordinary systems that have arisen as applications of black hole thermodynamics. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：511 / 524

页数：14