Coulomb force as an entropic force

Journal Article · Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.104045· OSTI ID:21409757

Tower, Wang ^[1]

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1. Center for High-Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

Motivated by Verlinde's theory of entropic gravity, we give a tentative explanation to the Coulomb's law with an entropic force. When trying to do this, we find the equipartition rule should be extended to charges and the concept of temperature should be reinterpreted. If one accepts the holographic principle as well as our generalizations and reinterpretations, then Coulomb's law, the Poisson equation, and the Maxwell equations can be derived smoothly. Our attempt can be regarded as a new way to unify the electromagnetic force with gravity, from the entropic origin. Possibly some of our postulates are related to the D-brane picture of black hole thermodynamics.

• OSTI ID: 21409757
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104045; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
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ENTROPY
GRAVITATION
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
POISSON EQUATION
THERMODYNAMICS
BRANES
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
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PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES