Abstract
Black holes are shown to obey the principles of irreversible thermodynamics in the form of a fluctuation-dissipation theorem for their zero-point quantum fluctuations. Moreover Hawking radiation is shown to be related to the macroscopic radiation of a nonstationary black hole in accordance with Onsager's principle.
- Received 2 May 1977
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1372
©1977 American Physical Society
