Complex Phase Structure and Widom line for Euler Heisenberg black holes
Abstract
We investigate the supercritical thermodynamics of Euler-Heisenberg AdS black holes within the framework of Lee-Yang phase transition theory. We show that the system admits two distinct critical points associated with a four-phase thermodynamic structure and identify a degenerate higher-order critical point where the two criticalities merge. Extending the thermodynamic description into the complex domain, we determine the distribution of Lee-Yang singularities and construct the corresponding complex phase diagrams. At the degenerate critical point, we find that a well-defined Widom line emerges despite the absence of a conventional coexistence curve, acting as an effective stability boundary in the supercritical regime. In the two-critical-point regime, the complex phase diagram exhibits two distinct Widom lines, one associated with a coexistence curve and the other arising solely from the complex singularity structure. We further show that the Lee-Yang formalism consistently reproduces the expected phase structure for systems with a single critical point and in the absence of criticality. Our results reveal a rich supercritical phase structure and provide new insights into the origin and physical interpretation of Widom lines.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2606.30233,
title = {Complex Phase Structure and Widom line for Euler Heisenberg black holes},
author = {Mozib Bin Awal and Prabwal Phukon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.30233},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
16 pages, 11 figures