https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14568-1
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Equipartition of energy in gravitating systems
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Received:
31
May
2025
Accepted:
18
July
2025
Published online:
7
August
2025
We explore on the one hand, whether the well-known theorem of equipartition of energy also applies to physical systems in which gravity plays a non-negligible role, as is the case of cosmological horizons and, on the other hand, if the holographic principle holds for these systems. Furthermore, we find a direct connection between the partition function of the gravitating system and the metric of the gravitational field.
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