Eur. Phys. J. C (2011) 71: 1549
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1549-x

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Does entropic force always imply the Newtonian force law?

Institute of Basic Science and School of Computer Aided Science, Inje University, Gimhae, 621-749, Republic of Korea

^* e-mail: ysmyung@inje.ac.kr

Received: 10 November 2010
Revised: 22 December 2010
Published online: 23 February 2011

Abstract

We study the entropic force by introducing a bound S≤A ^3/4 between entropy and area which was derived by imposing the non-gravitational collapse condition. In this case, applying a modified entropic force to this system does not lead to the Newtonian force law.