Superfluid Black Holes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2017-01-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We present what we believe is the first example of a "-line" phase transition in black hole thermodynamics. This is a line of (continuous) second order phase transitions which in the case of liquid He marks the onset of superfluidity. The phase transition occurs for a class of asymptotically AdS hairy black holes in Lovelock gravity where a real scalar field is conformally coupled to gravity. We discuss the origin of this phase transition and outline the circumstances under which it (or generalizations of it) could occur.
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@article{arxiv.1609.02564,
title = {Superfluid Black Holes},
author = {Robie A. Hennigar and Robert B. Mann and Erickson Tjoa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.02564},
year = {2017}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures