Gaussian curvature and Lyapunov exponent as probes of black hole phase transitions
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| author | Zhang, Shi-Hao Zhao, Zi-Qiang Li, Zi-Yuan Zhang, Jing-Fei Zhang, Xin |
| author_facet | Zhang, Shi-Hao Zhao, Zi-Qiang Li, Zi-Yuan Zhang, Jing-Fei Zhang, Xin |
| contents | First-order phase transitions of black holes have been extensively studied within thermodynamic frameworks, yet the corresponding evolution of spacetime geometric properties remains unclear. This paper establishes a purely differential geometric framework to probe such phase transitions by analyzing the curvature of unstable null orbits. Using the geodesic curvature of the optical metric to locate the light ring, we demonstrate that the corresponding Gaussian curvature $K$ serves as a direct geometric signature of the phase transition. During a first-order phase transition, the curve $K$ versus temperature $T$ exhibits a multivalued structure within the spinodal region, precisely mirroring the swallowtail behavior of the free energy. Numerical analysis of Hayward-Letelier-AdS black holes confirms the effectiveness of this geometric signature. Our work demonstrates that the intrinsic geometric quantities of spacetime encode the information of black hole phase transitions. These quantities serve simultaneously as geometric probes and order parameters for black hole phase transitions. This result provides a purely geometric foundation for understanding the correspondence between thermodynamics and spacetime curvature in the null case. |
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| spellingShingle | Gaussian curvature and Lyapunov exponent as probes of black hole phase transitions Zhang, Shi-Hao Zhao, Zi-Qiang Li, Zi-Yuan Zhang, Jing-Fei Zhang, Xin General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory First-order phase transitions of black holes have been extensively studied within thermodynamic frameworks, yet the corresponding evolution of spacetime geometric properties remains unclear. This paper establishes a purely differential geometric framework to probe such phase transitions by analyzing the curvature of unstable null orbits. Using the geodesic curvature of the optical metric to locate the light ring, we demonstrate that the corresponding Gaussian curvature $K$ serves as a direct geometric signature of the phase transition. During a first-order phase transition, the curve $K$ versus temperature $T$ exhibits a multivalued structure within the spinodal region, precisely mirroring the swallowtail behavior of the free energy. Numerical analysis of Hayward-Letelier-AdS black holes confirms the effectiveness of this geometric signature. Our work demonstrates that the intrinsic geometric quantities of spacetime encode the information of black hole phase transitions. These quantities serve simultaneously as geometric probes and order parameters for black hole phase transitions. This result provides a purely geometric foundation for understanding the correspondence between thermodynamics and spacetime curvature in the null case. |
| title | Gaussian curvature and Lyapunov exponent as probes of black hole phase transitions |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05103 |