2015/12/31 by Robie A. Hennigar, Robert B. Mann, Saoussen Mbarek · 14 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Constant (computer programming) #Constant curvature #Context (archaeology) #Cosmological constant #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Curvature #Gauss–Bonnet theorem #Geology #Geometry #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Phase space #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum mechanics #Space (punctuation) #Spacetime #Theoretical physics #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep02(2016)034
published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2016(2) (Springer Nature) · 20 pages, 11 figures; reference added, corrected to match published version
openalex publication_date 2016/02/01 · arxiv created 2016/02/15 · arxiv updated 2016/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Thermalons can mediate phase transitions between different vacua in higher curvature gravity, potentially changing the asymptotic structure of the spacetime. Treating the cosmological constant as a dynamical parameter, we study these phase transitions in the context of extended thermodynamic phase space. We find that in addition to the AdS to dS phase transitions previously studied, thermal AdS space can undergo a phase transition to an asymptotically flat black hole geometry. In the context of AdS to AdS transitions, we comment on the similarities and differences between thermalon transitions and the Hawking-Page transition.