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Thermodynamic instability of rotating black holes

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Monteiro, R 
Perry, MJ 
Santos, JE 

Abstract

We show that the quasi-Euclidean sections of various rotating black holes in different dimensions possess at least one non-conformal negative mode when thermodynamic instabilities are expected. The boundary conditions of fixed induced metric correspond to the partition function of the grand-canonical ensemble. Indeed, in the asymptotically flat cases, we find that a negative mode persists even if the specific heat at constant angular momenta is positive, since the stability in this ensemble also requires the positivity of the isothermal momentum of inertia. We focus in particular on Kerr black holes, on Myers-Perry black holes in five and six dimensions, and on the Emparan-Reall black ring solution. We go on further to consider the richer case of the asymptotically AdS Kerr black hole in four dimensions, where thermodynamic stability is expected for a large enough cosmological constant. The results are consistent with previous findings in the non-rotation limit and support the use of quasi-Euclidean instantons to construct gravitational partition functions.

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Keywords

EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS, METRIC GEOMETRY, GRAVITATIONAL ACTION, SPACE-TIMES, FLAT SPACE, STABILITY, FIELD, DIMENSIONS, INTEGRALS, EQUATIONS

Journal Title

PHYS REV D

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Journal ISSN

1550-7998
1550-2368

Volume Title

80

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/F002998/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/G000581/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/J000434/1)