Geometric and thermodynamic properties in Gauss-Bonnet gravity

TL;DR

This paper investigates the thermodynamic and geometric properties of cosmological models in Gauss-Bonnet gravity, fitting the model with observational data and exploring the relationship between entropy and geometric parameters.

Contribution

It introduces a model-independent thermodynamic state parameter and demonstrates the model's consistency with observational data in Gauss-Bonnet gravity.

Findings

Model fits observational data well

Derived thermodynamic and geometric parameters

Established link between entropy change and geometric parameters

Abstract

In this paper, the generalized second law (GSL) of thermodynamics and entropy is revisited in the context of cosmological models in Gauss-Bonnet gravity with the boundary of the universe is assumed to be enclosed by the dynamical apparent horizon. The model is best fitted with the observational data for distance modulus. The best fitted geometric and thermodynamic parameters such as equation of state parameter, deceleration parameter and entropy are derived. To link between thermodynamic and geometric parameters, the "entropy rate of change multiplied by the temperature" as a model independent thermodynamic state parameter is also derived. The results show that the model is in good agreement with the observational analysis.