“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 W. Hawking ⓘ
linked to: Stephen Hawking
citedAs Bardeen–Carter–Hawking paper ⓘ
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 ⓘ
black hole thermodynamics ⓘ
laws of black hole mechanics ⓘ
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
publishedIn Communications in Mathematical Physics ⓘ
title The four laws of black hole mechanics ⓘ
topic classical general relativity ⓘ
stationary black holes ⓘ

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James M. Bardeen → notablePublication → “The four laws of black hole mechanics” ⓘ
Penrose process for energy extraction → relatedTo → black hole thermodynamics ⓘ
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The four laws of black hole mechanics → title → The four laws of black hole mechanics ⓘ
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The four laws of black hole mechanics → mainSubject → black hole thermodynamics ⓘ
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The four laws of black hole mechanics → citedAs → Bardeen–Carter–Hawking paper ⓘ
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zeroth law of black hole mechanics → describedIn → Bardeen–Carter–Hawking 1973 paper on four laws of black hole mechanics ⓘ
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area theorem → alsoKnownAs → Hawking area theorem ⓘ
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