A6_8 Supermassive Black Holes Merger: Violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

Authors

  • Sunil Mucesh
  • Mohammad Nahid Chowdhury
  • Darren Nutting
  • Daniel Watters

Abstract

The future merger of supermassive black holes residing in the centre of the Milky Way and Andromeda is investigated. Using the Bekenstein-Hawking formula, it is found that the second law of thermodynamics is not violated as the entropy of the system increases by 4.8%.

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Published

11/26/2016

How to Cite

Mucesh, S., Chowdhury, M. N., Nutting, D., & Watters, D. (2016). A6_8 Supermassive Black Holes Merger: Violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics?. Physics Special Topics, 15(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/895

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2016): Physics Special Topics

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Articles