Ensemble Dependent Holographic Phase Transitions in 4$D$ Dyonic AdS Black Holes
Abstract
This work studies the holographic thermodynamics of dyonic Anti--de Sitter black holes within the AdS/CFT correspondence. By allowing variations of the cosmological constant and Newton's constant , the gravitational thermodynamics is extended to include the CFT central charge and its conjugate chemical potential , together with the standard thermodynamic pair . A further conjugate pair , interpreted as the CFT pressure and volume, is also introduced. The presence of both electric and magnetic charges, described by and , leads to a significantly enriched phase structure. A systematic analysis of all sixteen thermodynamic ensembles reveals a strong dependence of phase behavior on ensemble choice. In the ensembles and , the system exhibits Van der Waals transitions, superfluid transitions, and Davies criticality, while the ensemble supports similar transitions except for the Davies transitions. When the chemical potential is fixed, only Davies--type transitions occur. Ensembles involving the CFT pressure show no critical behavior, although Davies transitions persist. Notably, the ensemble uniquely displays a confined/deconfined transition alongside Davies criticality. These results highlight the crucial role of dyonic charges and CFT variables in shaping holographic phase transitions.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.2407.11058,
title = {Ensemble Dependent Holographic Phase Transitions in 4$D$ Dyonic AdS Black Holes},
author = {Abhishek Baruah and Prabwal Phukon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.11058},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
31 pages, 52 figures