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Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1372–1375 (1977)

Irreversible Thermodynamics of Black Holes

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P. Candelas
Center for Relativity, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, and Balliol College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England OX1 3RQ

D. W. Sciama
Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England OX1 3RQ

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Received 2 May 1977; published in the issue dated 6 June 1977

Black holes are shown to obey the principles of irreversible thermodynamics in the form of a fluctuation-dissipation theorem for their zero-point quantum fluctuations. Moreover Hawking radiation is shown to be related to the macroscopic radiation of a nonstationary black hole in accordance with Onsager's principle.

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Erratum: P. Candelas and D. W. Sciama, Irreversible Thermodynamics of Black Holes., Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 1640 (1977).

 
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