In this Letter, we study thermodynamical properties of the apparent horizon in a universe governed
by quasi-topological gravity. Our aim is twofold. First, by using the variational method we derive the
general form of Friedmann equation in quasi-topological gravity. Then, by applying the first law of
thermodynamics on the apparent horizon, after using the entropy expression associated with the black
hole horizon in quasi-topological gravity, and replacing the horizon radius, r
, with the apparent horizon
radius,
˜
r
A
+
, we derive the corresponding Friedmann equation in quasi-topological gravity. We find that
these two different approaches yield the same result which shows the profound connection between
the first law of thermodynamics and the gravitational field equations of quasi-topological gravity. We
also study the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics in quasi-topological cosmology.
We find that, with the assumption of the local equilibrium hypothesis, the generalized second law
of thermodynamics is fulfilled for the universe enveloped by the apparent horizon for the late time
cosmology.
In this Letter, we study thermodynamical properties of the apparent horizon in a universe governed
by quasi-topological gravity. Our aim is twofold. First, by using the variational method we derive the
general form of Friedmann equation in quasi-topological gravity. Then, by applying the first law of
thermodynamics on the apparent horizon, after using the entropy expression associated with the black
hole horizon in quasi-topological gravity, and replacing the horizon radius, r
, with the apparent horizon
radius,
˜
r
A
+
, we derive the corresponding Friedmann equation in quasi-topological gravity. We find that
these two different approaches yield the same result which shows the profound connection between
the first law of thermodynamics and the gravitational field equations of quasi-topological gravity. We
also study the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics in quasi-topological cosmology.
We find that, with the assumption of the local equilibrium hypothesis, the generalized second law
of thermodynamics is fulfilled for the universe enveloped by the apparent horizon for the late time
cosmology.
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