Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac statistical entropies in a D-dimensional stationary axisymmetry space-time

Abstract

Statistical entropies of a general relativistic ideal gas obeying Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics are calculated in a general axisymmetry space-time of arbitrary dimension. This general formation can be used to discuss the entropy of a quantum field not only in the flat space-time but also in a curved space-time. It can also be used to compare the entropies in different dimensional space-times. Analytical expressions for the thermodynamic potentials are presented, and their behaviors in the high or low temperature approximation are discussed. The entropy of a quantum field is shown to be proportional to the volume of optical space or that of the dragged optical space only in the high temperature approximation or in the zero mass case. In the case of a black hole, the entropy of a quantum field at the Hartle-Hawking temperature is proportional to the horizon "area" if and only if the horizon is located at the light velocity surface.