Geometrothermodynamics of asymptotically anti-de Sitter black holes

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DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/034zbMATH Open1245.83037arXiv0805.3003OpenAlexW2952606998WikidataQ125919952 ScholiaQ125919952MaRDI QIDQ445622FDOQ445622


Authors: Hernando Quevedo, Alberto Sánchez Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 26 August 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We apply the formalism of geometrothermodynamics to the case of black holes with cosmological constant in four and higher dimensions. We use a thermodynamic metric which is invariant with respect to Legendre transformations and determines the geometry of the space of equilibrium states. For all known black holes in higher dimensions, we show that the curvature scalar of the thermodynamic metric in all the cases is proportional to the heat capacity. As a consequence, phase transitions, which correspond to divergencies of the heat capacity, are represented geometrically as true curvature singularities. We interpret this as a further indication that the curvature of the thermodynamic metric is a measure of thermodynamic interaction.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3003




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