Speaker: Krishna Jalan

Title: Generalized second law for non-minimally coupled matter theories

Abstract: In this talk, I will give a brief overview of the  generalized second law (GSL) of black hole thermodynamics. In  particular, we will see how the GSL works out for non-minimally  coupled matter theories within the context of higher curvature gravity  theories. Previous proofs in the literature have extensively addressed  the GSL in various gravity theories, but they have uniformly assumed  that matter sectors couple minimally to gravity. In this presentation,  we will explore a straightforward generalization of the GSL to  scenarios involving non-minimally coupled matter, specifically scalar  fields, within an effective field theory framework.