Unified geometric description of black hole thermodynamics

José L. Álvarez, Hernando Quevedo, and Alberto Sánchez
Phys. Rev. D 77, 084004 – Published 7 April 2008

Abstract

In the space of thermodynamic equilibrium states we introduce a Legendre invariant metric which contains all the information about the thermodynamics of black holes. The curvature of this thermodynamic metric becomes singular at those points where, according to the analysis of the heat capacities, phase transitions occur. This result is valid for the Kerr-Newman black hole and all its special cases and, therefore, provides a unified description of black hole phase transitions in terms of curvature singularities.

  • Received 15 January 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.084004

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

José L. Álvarez*, Hernando Quevedo, and Alberto Sánchez

  • Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-543, 04510 México D.F., Mexico

  • *jose.alvarez@nucleares.unam.mx
  • quevedo@nucleares.unam.mx
  • asanchez@nucleares.unam.mx

See Also

Geometrothermodynamics of black holes in two dimensions

Hernando Quevedo and Alberto Sánchez
Phys. Rev. D 79, 087504 (2009)

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Vol. 77, Iss. 8 — 15 April 2008

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