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    Isolated critical point from Lovelock gravity


    Dolan, Brian P., Kostouki, Anna, Kubiznak, David and Mann, Robert B. (2014) Isolated critical point from Lovelock gravity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31 (242001). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0264-9381

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    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.
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: This is the preprint version of the article published at DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/31/24/242001
    Keywords: black hole thermodynamic; critical phenomena; phase transitions;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematical Physics
    Item ID: 5988
    Identification Number: 10.1088/0264-9381/31/24/242001
    Depositing User: Dr. Brian Dolan
    Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2015 17:02
    Journal or Publication Title: Classical and Quantum Gravity
    Publisher: IOP Publishing
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/5988
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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