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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

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