Gravity from generalized entropy
Abstract
Gravity from entropy (GfE) identifies its Lagrangian with the geometric quantum relative entropy (GQRE) between the spacetime metric and a metric induced by matter and curvature, treating the metric itself as a quantum operator. We extend this construction to the Tsallis, Rényi, and Sharma-Mittal families, which we call gravity from generalized entropy (GfGE), and determine their common Einstein limit, weak-field spectra, auxiliary-field formulation, and horizon entropy. The entropy choice controls the leading higher-curvature terms and additional modes. We confirm that the linearized GfE spectrum contains a healthy scalar and a Planck-scale tachyonic spin-2 ghost. We identify the conditions that remove this ghost: curvature must enter through its scalar trace, or the entropy generator must be flat to quadratic order at the identity. The latter gives exact general relativity for Tsallis at q=0 and ghost-free f(R,Lm) theories for Rényi and Sharma-Mittal. On shell, the auxiliary G-field is proportional to the tensor in Wald's entropy formula. For analytic entropy functions, horizons with a single curvature scale have an area term followed by constant and inverse-area corrections. We also extend the volume-constraint cosmological constant to the full family; its leading entropy dependence is set by the scalar mass. A finite set of entropy-function derivatives controls the leading weak-curvature departures from general relativity.
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BibTeX
@misc{gohar2026gravity,
title = {{Gravity from generalized entropy}},
author = {Hussain Gohar},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.19106},
eprint = {2610.19106},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19106},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Gravity from generalized entropy
AU - Hussain Gohar
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/13
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.19106
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19106
AB - Gravity from entropy (GfE) identifies its Lagrangian with the geometric quantum relative entropy (GQRE) between the spacetime metric and a metric induced by matter and curvature, treating the metric itself as a quantum operator. We extend this construction to the Tsallis, Rényi, and Sharma-Mittal families, which we call gravity from generalized entropy (GfGE), and determine their common Einstein limit, weak-field spectra, auxiliary-field formulation, and horizon entropy. The entropy choice controls the leading higher-curvature terms and additional modes. We confirm that the linearized GfE spectrum contains a healthy scalar and a Planck-scale tachyonic spin-2 ghost. We identify the conditions that remove this ghost: curvature must enter through its scalar trace, or the entropy generator must be flat to quadratic order at the identity. The latter gives exact general relativity for Tsallis at q=0 and ghost-free f(R,L_m) theories for Rényi and Sharma-Mittal. On shell, the auxiliary G-field is proportional to the tensor in Wald's entropy formula. For analytic entropy functions, horizons with a single curvature scale have an area term followed by constant and inverse-area corrections. We also extend the volume-constraint cosmological constant to the full family; its leading entropy dependence is set by the scalar mass. A finite set of entropy-function derivatives controls the leading weak-curvature departures from general relativity.
ER -