Black hole thermodynamic free energy as $A$-discriminants

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Hauptverfasser: Nisse, Mounir, Lim, Yen-Kheng, Chang, Linus
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author Nisse, Mounir
Lim, Yen-Kheng
Chang, Linus
author_facet Nisse, Mounir
Lim, Yen-Kheng
Chang, Linus
contents We show that the free energy $\mathcal{F}$ and temperature $T$ of black holes, considered as a thermodynamic system, can be viewed as an $A$-discriminant of an appropriately-defined polynomial. As such, mathematical results about $A$-discriminants may lead to implications about black hole thermodynamics. In particular, for static spacetimes with spherical, planar, or hyperbolic symmetry, the number of distinct thermodynamic phases depend on the number of distinct terms in the metric component $g_{tt}$. We prove that if $g_{tt}$ consists of $N_f$ distinct terms, then the $\mathcal{F}$-$T$ curve consists of $N_f-2$ cusps, which in turn leads to $N_f-1$ distinct thermodynamic phases. This result is applied to explicit examples of the Schwarzschild-AdS, Reissner--Nordström, power-law Maxwell, and Euler--Heisenberg black holes.
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spellingShingle Black hole thermodynamic free energy as $A$-discriminants
Nisse, Mounir
Lim, Yen-Kheng
Chang, Linus
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
We show that the free energy $\mathcal{F}$ and temperature $T$ of black holes, considered as a thermodynamic system, can be viewed as an $A$-discriminant of an appropriately-defined polynomial. As such, mathematical results about $A$-discriminants may lead to implications about black hole thermodynamics. In particular, for static spacetimes with spherical, planar, or hyperbolic symmetry, the number of distinct thermodynamic phases depend on the number of distinct terms in the metric component $g_{tt}$. We prove that if $g_{tt}$ consists of $N_f$ distinct terms, then the $\mathcal{F}$-$T$ curve consists of $N_f-2$ cusps, which in turn leads to $N_f-1$ distinct thermodynamic phases. This result is applied to explicit examples of the Schwarzschild-AdS, Reissner--Nordström, power-law Maxwell, and Euler--Heisenberg black holes.
title Black hole thermodynamic free energy as $A$-discriminants
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11801