The nuts and bolts of entropy

The first topic considers the boundary terms in a Hamiltonian approach to general relativity. We show that if a timelike boundary of a spacetime is not orthogonal to the constant time hypersurfaces, then an additional 'tilting' term must be included in the Hamiltonian. The second topic con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunter, C. J.
Published: University of Cambridge 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604815