Maxwell's Demon and the Problem of Observers in General Relativity

TL;DR

This paper explores how different observers in general relativity perceive entropy and dissipative processes, using information theory to resolve paradoxes similar to Maxwell's demon, highlighting observer-dependent thermodynamic behavior.

Contribution

It introduces an information-theoretic framework to explain observer-dependent entropy detection in general relativity, addressing the Maxwell's demon paradox.

Findings

Non-comoving observers detect entropy in isentropic systems.

Dissipative processes are observer-dependent in general relativity.

Information theory clarifies the Maxwell's demon paradox in gravitational contexts.

Abstract

The fact that real dissipative (entropy producing) processes may be detected by non-comoving observers (tilted), in systems that appear to be isentropic for comoving observers, in general relativity, is explained in terms of the information theory, analogous with the explanation of the Maxwell's demon paradox