In general relativity, the Ehrenfest–Tolman effect (also known as the Tolman–Ehrenfest effect), named after Richard C. Tolman and Paul Ehrenfest, argues that temperature is not constant in space at thermal equilibrium, but varies with the spacetime curvature. Specifically, it depends on the spacetime metric.
In general relativity, the Ehrenfest–Tolman effect (also known as the Tolman–Ehrenfest effect), named after Richard C. Tolman and Paul Ehrenfest, argues that temperature is not constant in space at thermal equilibrium, but varies with the spacetime curvature. Specifically, it depends on the spacetime metric.
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