https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09274-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Thermodynamics of scale-dependent Friedmann equations
1
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante, Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690, Alicante, Spain
2
Departamento de Física, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
3
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2950, Casilla, 4059, Valparaiso, Chile
Received:
23
March
2021
Accepted:
19
May
2021
Published online:
31
May
2021
In this work, the role of a time-varying Newton constant under the scale-dependent approach is investigated in the thermodynamics of the Friedman equations. In particular, we show that the extended Friedman equations can be derived either from equilibrium thermodynamics when the non-matter energy momentum tensor is interpreted as a fluid or from non-equilibrium thermodynamics when an entropy production term, which depends on the time-varying Newton constant, is included. Finally, a comparison between black hole and cosmological thermodynamics in the framework of scale-dependent gravity is briefly discussed.
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