Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-12-2012
Publication Title
New Journal of Physics
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose that the Hawking radiation energy and entropy flow rates from a black hole can be viewed as a one-dimensional (1D), non-equilibrium Landauer transport process. Support for this viewpoint comes from previous calculations invoking conformal symmetry in the near-horizon region, which give radiation rates that are identical to those of a single 1D quantum channel connected to a thermal reservoir at the Hawking temperature. The Landauer approach shows in a direct way the particle statistics independence of the energy and entropy fluxes of a black hole radiating into vacuum, as well as one near thermal equilibrium with its environment. As an application of the Landauer approach, we show that Hawking radiation gives a net entropy production that is 50% larger than that obtained assuming standard 3D emission into vacuum.
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/14/3/033013
Original Citation
P D Nation et al 2012 New J. Phys. 14 033013
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Nation, P. D.; Blencowe, M. P.; and Nori, Franco, "Non-Equilibrium Landauer Transport Model for Hawking Radiation from a Black Hole" (2012). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1894.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1894
