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Extended black hole thermodynamics in a DGP braneworld

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-02-24 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We develop extended black-hole thermodynamics on a Dvali--Gabadadze--Porrati (DGP) brane by promoting the brane tension σ\sigma to a thermodynamic variable within the extended Iyer--Wald framework. The brane tension acts as a localized vacuum energy with pressure PσσP_\sigma \equiv -\sigma, yielding a new work term VσdPσV_\sigma\,\mathrm{d}P_\sigma in the first law and the corresponding Smarr relation. For static, spherically symmetric black holes we show that the conjugate volume equals the geometric volume Vσ=4π3rh3V_\sigma=\tfrac{4\pi}{3}r_h^3; for stationary, axisymmetric solutions it admits a covariant, slice-independent definition and evaluates to Vσ=4π3 ⁣(r+3+a2r+)V_\sigma=\tfrac{4\pi}{3}\!\left(r_+^3+a^2 r_+\right). Working on the ghost-free normal branch, the brane is asymptotically flat with a single horizon, so the construction avoids de Sitter obstructions. Along a flat-brane path, asymptotic flatness is preserved by co-varying the bulk cosmological constant, and induced-gravity effects are suppressed by rh/rcr_h/r_c. These results establish a consistent flat-braneworld realization of black-hole chemistry in which brane tension provides the physically motivated pressure variable.

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@article{arxiv.2508.18508,
  title  = {Extended black hole thermodynamics in a DGP braneworld},
  author = {Naman Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.18508},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

9 pages, no figures. Accepted for publication in General Relativity and Gravitation