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Rong-Gen Cai
Other affiliations: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics ...read more
Bio: Rong-Gen Cai is an academic researcher from Chinese Academy of Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Black hole & Dark energy. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 310 publications receiving 18028 citations. Previous affiliations of Rong-Gen Cai include Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics & Seoul National University.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the thermodynamic properties and phase structures of topological black holes in Einstein theory with a Gauss-Bonnet term and a negative cosmological constant.
Abstract: We study the thermodynamic properties and phase structures of topological black holes in Einstein theory with a Gauss-Bonnet term and a negative cosmological constant. The event horizon of these topological black holes can be a hypersurface with positive, zero, or negative constant curvature. When the horizon is a zero curvature hypersurface, the thermodynamic properties of black holes are completely the same as those of black holes without the Gauss-Bonnet term, although the two black hole solutions are quite different. When the horizon is a negative constant curvature hypersurface, the thermodynamic properties of the Gauss-Bonnet black holes are qualitatively similar to those of black holes without the Gauss-Bonnet term. When the event horizon is a hypersurface with positive constant curvature, we find that the thermodynamic properties and phase structures of black holes drastically depend on the spacetime dimension d and the coefficient of the Gauss-Bonnet term: when dgreater than or equal to6, the properties of black holes are also qualitatively similar to the case without the Gauss-Bonnet term, but when d=5, a new phase of locally stable small blacks holes occurs under a critical value of the Gauss-Bonnet coefficient, and beyond the critical value, the black holes are always thermodynamically stable. However, the locally stable small black hole is not globally preferred; instead a thermal anti-de Sitter space is globally preferred. We find that there is a minimal horizon radius, below which the Hawking-Page phase transition will not occur since for these black holes the thermal anti-de Sitter space is always globally preferred.
1,037 citations
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TL;DR: Cai et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a new model of agegraphic dark energy based on the Karolyhazy relation, where the time scale is chosen to be the conformal time eta of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe.
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TL;DR: In this article, the age of the universe is introduced as the length measure and a dark energy model is proposed based on the energy density of quantum fluctuations of space-time, which is consistent with astronomical data if the unique numerical parameter is taken to be a number of order one.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the Friedmann equation of a FRW universe can be rewritten as the first law of thermodynamics, where the entropy of the apparent horizon is given by the thermodynamic identity of the universe.
Abstract: It is shown that the differential form of Friedmann equation of a FRW universe can be rewritten as the first law of thermodynamics $dE=TdS+WdV$ at apparent horizon, where $E=\ensuremath{\rho}V$ is the total energy of matter inside the apparent horizon, $V$ is the volume inside the apparent horizon, $W=(\ensuremath{\rho}\ensuremath{-}P)/2$ is the work density, $\ensuremath{\rho}$ and $P$ are energy density and pressure of matter in the universe, respectively. From the thermodynamic identity one can derive that the apparent horizon ${\stackrel{\texttildelow{}}{r}}_{A}$ has associated entropy $S=A/4G$ and temperature $T=\ensuremath{\kappa}/2\ensuremath{\pi}$ in Einstein general relativity, where $A$ is the area of apparent horizon and $\ensuremath{\kappa}$ is the surface gravity at apparent horizon of FRW universe. We extend our procedure to the Gauss-Bonnet gravity and more general Lovelock gravity and show that the differential form of Friedmann equations in these gravities can also be written as $dE=TdS+WdV$ at the apparent horizon of FRW universe with entropy $S$ being given by expression previously known via black hole thermodynamics.
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TL;DR: Cai et al. as discussed by the authors derived Friedmann equations for the FRW universe with any spatial curvature using the entropy formula for the static spherically symmetric black holes in Gauss-Bonnet gravity and Lovelock gravity.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the observational evidence for the current accelerated expansion of the universe and present a number of dark energy models in addition to the conventional cosmological constant, paying particular attention to scalar field models such as quintessence, K-essence and tachyon.
Abstract: We review in detail a number of approaches that have been adopted to try and explain the remarkable observation of our accelerating universe. In particular we discuss the arguments for and recent progress made towards understanding the nature of dark energy. We review the observational evidence for the current accelerated expansion of the universe and present a number of dark energy models in addition to the conventional cosmological constant, paying particular attention to scalar field models such as quintessence, K-essence, tachyon, phantom and dilatonic models. The importance of cosmological scaling solutions is emphasized when studying the dynamical system of scalar fields including coupled dark energy. We study the evolution of cosmological perturbations allowing us to confront them with the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure and demonstrate how it is possible in principle to reconstruct the equation of state of dark energy by also using Supernovae Ia observational data. We also discuss in detail the nature of tracking solutions in cosmology, particle physics and braneworld models of dark energy, the nature of possible future singularities, the effect of higher order curvature terms to avoid a Big Rip singularity, and approaches to modifying gravity which leads to a late-time accelerated expansion without recourse to a new form of dark energy.
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TL;DR: The first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger were reported in this paper, with a false alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203,000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1σ.
Abstract: On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. The signal sweeps upwards in frequency from 35 to 250 Hz with a peak gravitational-wave strain of 1.0×10(-21). It matches the waveform predicted by general relativity for the inspiral and merger of a pair of black holes and the ringdown of the resulting single black hole. The signal was observed with a matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and a false alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203,000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1σ. The source lies at a luminosity distance of 410(-180)(+160) Mpc corresponding to a redshift z=0.09(-0.04)(+0.03). In the source frame, the initial black hole masses are 36(-4)(+5)M⊙ and 29(-4)(+4)M⊙, and the final black hole mass is 62(-4)(+4)M⊙, with 3.0(-0.5)(+0.5)M⊙c(2) radiated in gravitational waves. All uncertainties define 90% credible intervals. These observations demonstrate the existence of binary stellar-mass black hole systems. This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.
4,375 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the most important aspects of the different classes of modified gravity theories, including higher-order curvature invariants and metric affine.
Abstract: Modified gravity theories have received increased attention lately due to combined motivation coming from high-energy physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. Among numerous alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravity, theories that include higher-order curvature invariants, and specifically the particular class of $f(R)$ theories, have a long history. In the last five years there has been a new stimulus for their study, leading to a number of interesting results. Here $f(R)$ theories of gravity are reviewed in an attempt to comprehensively present their most important aspects and cover the largest possible portion of the relevant literature. All known formalisms are presented---metric, Palatini, and metric affine---and the following topics are discussed: motivation; actions, field equations, and theoretical aspects; equivalence with other theories; cosmological aspects and constraints; viability criteria; and astrophysical applications.
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TL;DR: A comprehensive survey of recent work on modified theories of gravity and their cosmological consequences can be found in this article, where the authors provide a reference tool for researchers and students in cosmology and gravitational physics, as well as a selfcontained, comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the subject as a whole.
3,674 citations