Isolated critical point from Lovelock gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-22 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
For any K(=2k+1)th-order Lovelock gravity with fine-tuned Lovelock couplings, we demonstrate the existence of a special isolated critical point characterized by non-standard critical exponents in the phase diagram of hyperbolic vacuum black holes. In the Gibbs free energy this corresponds to a place wherefrom two swallowtails emerge, giving rise to two first-order phase transitions between small and large black holes. We believe that this is a first example of a critical point with non-standard critical exponents obtained in a geometric theory of gravity.
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@article{arxiv.1407.4783,
title = {Isolated critical point from Lovelock gravity},
author = {Brian P. Dolan and Anna Kostouki and David Kubiznak and Robert B. Mann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4783},
year = {2015}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures