Smarr formula and an extended first law for Lovelock gravity

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/23/235014zbMATH Open1207.83048arXiv1005.5053OpenAlexW2110391948MaRDI QIDQ3066751FDOQ3066751

Jennie Traschen, Sourya Ray, David Kastor

Publication date: 12 January 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study properties of static, asymptotically AdS black holes in Lovelock gravity. Our main result is a Smarr formula that gives the mass in terms of geometrical quantities together with the parameters of the Lovelock theory. As in Einstein gravity, the Smarr formula follows from applying the first law to an infinitesimal change in the overall length scale. However, because the Lovelock couplings are dimensionful, we must first prove an extension of the first law that includes their variations. Key ingredients in this construction are the Killing-Lovelock potentials associated with each of the the higher curvature Lovelock interactions. Geometric expressions are obtained for the new thermodynamic potentials conjugate to variation of the Lovelock couplings.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.5053




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