title: Thermodynamics of Accelerating Black Holes.
abstract: We address a long-standing problem of describing the thermodynamics of an accelerating black hole. We derive a standard first law of black hole thermodynamics, with the usual identification of entropy proportional to the area of the event horizon-even though the event horizon contains a conical singularity. This result not only extends the applicability of black hole thermodynamics to realms previously not anticipated, it also opens a possibility for studying novel properties of an important class of exact radiative solutions of Einstein equations describing accelerated objects. We discuss the thermodynamic volume, stability, and phase structure of these black holes.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Particle Theory, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Appels
authors.affiliation: Centre for Particle Theory, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.|Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.affiliation: Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kubizňák