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Multicritical Phase Transitions in Multiply Rotating Black Holes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-03-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that multi-critical points in which more than three phases coalesce are present in multiply rotating Kerr-AdS black holes in dd-dimensions. We explicitly present a quadruple point for a triply rotating black hole in d=8d=8 and a quintuple point for a quadruply rotating black hole in d=10d=10. The maximal number of distinct phases nn is one larger than the maximal number of independent rotations, and we outline a method for obtaining the associated nn-tuple point. Situations also exist where more than three phases merge at sub-maximal multi-critical points. Our results show that multi-critical points in black hole thermodynamics are more common than previously thought, with systems potentially supporting many phases as long as a sufficient number of thermodynamic variables are present.

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@article{arxiv.2208.00012,
  title  = {Multicritical Phase Transitions in Multiply Rotating Black Holes},
  author = {Jerry Wu and Robert B. Mann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.00012},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Latex, 5 pages, 5 figures

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