A Black holes with zero or negative mass

# Reentrant phase transitions and van der Waals behaviour for hairy black holes

## Abstract

We study the extended phase space thermodynamics for hairy AdS black hole solutions to Einstein-Maxwell- theory conformally coupled to a scalar field in five dimensions. We find these solutions to exhibit van der Waals behaviour in both the charged/uncharged cases, and reentrant phase transitions in the charged case. This is the first example of reentrant phase transitions in a five dimensional gravitational system which does not include higher curvature corrections.

## I Introduction

For over forty years the study of black hole thermodynamics has remained an active field of inquiry. Of particular interest are the thermodynamics of Anti de Sitter (AdS) black holes which, through proposed gauge/gravity dualities, represent the holographic duals of strongly coupled conformal field theories, and for which thermodynamic equilibrium is straightforward to define.

Recently there has been flourishing interest in the subject of extended phase space thermodynamics, where the cosmological constant is treated as a thermodynamic variable (1) analogous to pressure (2); (3); (4); (5). In this paradigm, the mass of the black hole is identified as the enthalpy of the spacetime (6) which leads to a remarkable correspondence between the thermal physics of black holes and simple everyday substances (7). In initial work, it was shown that there exists a complete physical analogy between the critical behaviour of the -dimensional Reissner-Nordstrom AdS black hole and the van der Waals liquid-gas system (8). Later investigations found examples of triple points, analogues of the solid/liquid/gas transition and reentrant phase transitions for -dimensional, doubly-rotating Kerr-AdS black holes (9); (10); (11). Extensions of this work to higher curvature theories of gravity have yielded more exotic results, such a multiple reentrant phase transitions and isolated critical points (12); (13); (14). Numerous studies have confirmed similar results for a broad range of black hole solutions (15); (16); (17); (18), while other studies have used this black hole chemistry framework (7) to develop ideas such as thermodynamically inspired black holes (19); (20); (21), entropy inequalities (22); (23), and the notion of a holographic heat engine (24).

The proposed relationship between the cosmological constant and the thermodynamic pressure is

 P=−Λ8π=(d−1)(d−2)16πl2, (1)

where is the number of spacetime dimensions. The quantity conjugate to is the thermodynamic volume, , which is defined so that the extended first law of black hole thermodynamics holds:

 δM=TδS+∑iΩiδJi+ΦδQ+VδP. (2)

Here is the mass, is the temperature, is the entropy, is the electric charge, and are the angular momenta of the black hole. The quantities and are the electric potential and angular velocities of the horizon, which are measured relative to infinity. An Eulerian scaling argument can be applied to the first law to derive the Smarr formula,

 d−3d−2M=TS+∑iΩiJi+d−3d−2ΦQ−2d−2VP (3)

which is also the result of geometric arguments based on the Komar formula (6).

Here we begin the first exploration of hairy black AdS hole solutions of Einstein-Maxwell- theory conformally coupled to a scalar field in the context of extended phase space thermodynamics. While there are well-established no hair theorems for four dimensional general relativity conformally coupled to a scalar field theory in asymptotically flat spacetime, the situation is more interesting in asymptotically (locally) AdS space where conformally dressed solutions have long been known to exist (25). The AdS solutions are inherently interesting since, through the AdS/CFT correspondence, the condensation of a scalar field around a -dimensional AdS black hole provides a holographic model of superconductors (26); (27). The 5-dimensional theory we consider here was originally developed and studied in (28); (29); (30); (31) and has the significant advantage of being a simple and tractable model for studying phase transitions of hairy black holes that includes the back-reaction of the scalar field on the metric.

In what follows we first write explicitly the solution of (29) for the case where the constant hypersurface is a manifold of constant postive, zero, or negative curvature and calculate the thermodynamic quantities. While no interesting results are obtained in the flat or hyperbolic cases, we show that these solutions exhibit van der Waals behaviour and can undergo reentrant phase transitions in the spherical case. These are the first examples of reentrant phase transitions for five dimensional black holes outside of higher curvature gravity theories. In an appendix we address the negative mass solutions of this theory (which can have up to four horizons) and discuss their extremal limits.

## Ii Solution & Thermodynamics

The action for the theory is given by (29); (30); (31),

 I=1κ∫d5x√−g(R−2Λ−14F2+κLm(ϕ,∇ϕ)) (4)

where

 Lm = b0ϕ15+b1ϕ7\tensorSμμνν+b2ϕ−1(\tensorSμμγγ\tensorSννδδ (5) −4\tensorSμνγγ\tensorSνμδδ+\tensorSμγνδ\tensorSνμγδ)

with and the coupling constants of the conformal field theory, and

 \tensorSμγνδ = ϕ2\tensorRμγνδ−12δ[γ[μδδ]ν]∇ρϕ∇ρϕ (6) −48ϕδ[γ[μ∇ν]∇δ]ϕ+18δ[γ[μ∇ν]ϕ∇δ]ϕ.

The five-dimensional solution to the theory (4) is given by

 ds2=−fdt2+dr2f+r2dΩ2(k)3 (7)

where

 f=k−mr2−qr3+e2r4+r2l2 (8)

and is the line element on a three-dimensional surface of constant positive, zero, or negative curvature ( or , respectively). Here represents the electric charge, the mass parameter of the solution, and is given in terms of the coupling constants of the scalar field,

 q=64π5εkb1(−18kb15b0)3/2, (9)

with taking the values . Consequently precisely specifying the coupling constants of the scalar field does not uniquely determine the value of appearing in the solution; instead is a discrete parameter taking values . In order to satisfy the field equations, the scalar coupling constants must obey the constraint

 10b0b2=9b21. (10)

Note also that for planar solutions, i.e. , we have . In other words, in the planar case, there is no hair. Therefore, in the following we shall consider only the cases.

The hair parameter is not a conserved charge corresponding to some symmetry—it can change provided the scalar field coupling constants are dynamic. Here, in developing the first law and Smarr relation, we shall consider all couplings to be dynamical. In particular this means that we shall consider to be a continuous, real parameter. The Maxwell potential is given by,

 At=√3er2 (11)

and the field strength follows in the standard way: , while the scalar field configuration is given by (for ),

 ϕ(r)=nr1/3,n=ε(−18k10b1b0)1/6 (12)

Note that the metric (7) admits zero and negative mass solutions for for . These negative mass solutions were regarded as pathological in (29); (31). In the body of this paper we consider only positive mass black holes, and perform a short study of these more exotic possibilities in the appendix.

A number of the thermodynamic properties of this solution were discussed in (29) for the case of . Here we have generalized the calculations to include the case. The thermodynamic quantities are given by,

 M = 3ω3(k)16πm,Q=−ω3(k)√316πe,S=ω3(k)(r3+4−58q), T = 1πl2r4+[−e2l22r++ql24+kl2r3+2+r5+], (13)

where is the volume of the compact -dimensional manifold with line element . The mass, , and electric charge, , were calculated in (29) using the Regge-Teitelboim approach and we have arrived at the same results for general . The temperature was calculated by requiring the absence of conical singularities in the Euclidean section. We verified the entropy does not change for the case of by computing the Wald entropy (32). Note that, for positive values of , the entropy can be negative. We shall regard black holes with negative entropy as unphysical in our studies.

The thermodynamic quantities above satisfy the extended first law,

 dM=TdS+VdP+ΦdQ+Kdq (14)

provided that

 V = ω3(k)4r4+,Φ=−2√3r2+e, (15) K = ω3(k)32l2r5+(20r6++2r4+l2(5k−3)+5l2qr+−10e2l2).

The Smarr formula consistent with scaling,

 2M=3TS−2VP+2ΦQ+3qK, (16)

is satisfied as well.

To determine the equation of state we simply solve the expression for temperature in terms of the pressure. We identify the specific volume as both so that the thermodynamic quantities have the correct physical dimensions, and for the convenience of this expression compared to the thermodynamic volume in contextualizing this work in the existing literature. In a number of cases, the specific volume can be understood as the ratio of the thermodynamic volume to the number of degrees of freedom of the system, where, for a black hole of area ,

 N=14d−2d−1Aℓ2P (17)

and is the Planck length (cf. footnote 5 of (11)). However, in some cases like the one at hand this formula fails to be appropriate.1 The entropy is no longer simply one quarter of the horizon area and therefore does not represent the degrees of freedom in the system. Modifying the definition by replacing with would also not be appropriate here, since then the specific and thermodynamic volumes would not be related in a natural way. For these reasons, we utilize the specific volume in the form , which is consistent with the dimensional arguments in (15).

Of course, we must be careful in using the specific volume since certain quantities depend on the choice of volume in a meaningful way—for example, the result of integrating the equal area law (33). However, in the analysis we perform here such problems do not arise, and our results are qualitatively no different from what would be obtained had we used the thermodynamic volume explicitly. These comments aside, we find the equation of state to be,

 P=Tv−2k3πv2+512243e2πv6−6481qπv5. (18)

The Gibbs free energy for our system is given by

 G = M−TS (19) = ω3(k)[9kv2256π−27v4P1024+40q281πv4 +(5Pv8+5k−412πv)q+(59πv2−320q243πv5)e2].

We are now ready to explore the phase structure of these hairy black hole solutions.

## Iii Critical Behaviour

Here we are interested in studying the criticality and phase structure of these solutions. We first note that in the case the solution reduces to the -dimensional Reisner-Nordstrom-AdS black hole solution, which was carefully studied in (15). Therefore we will exclusively focus on cases of non-zero , with a particular interest in seeing if this “hairy” parameter leads to any significant changes in the thermodynamic behaviour. We dedicate the following two subsections to the exploration of the thermodynamic behaviour for spherical black holes with and hyperbolic black holes with . Following this, we specialize to the case where the entropy is zero at the critical point.

### iii.1 Spherical

#### Uncharged case

We begin by studying the behaviour of these black holes in the absence of a Maxwell field, i.e. . We find that the equation of state admits a single critical point for with the critical values,

 Tc = −320(−5q)2/3πq,vc=43(−5q)1/3, Pc = 9200π(−√5q)2/3. (20)

The ratio of the critical values is

 PcvcTc=25 (21)

which is different from both the -dimensional RN-AdS solution and the van der Waals fluid. Expanding the equation of state about the critical point in terms of the parameters and we find,

 PPc=1+52τ−52ωτ−53ω3+O(τω2,ω4) (22)

thus, from the analysis in (15) we conclude that the critical point is characterized by the standard mean field theory exponents,

 α=0,β=12,γ=1,δ=3. (23)

The critical behaviour in the uncharged case is displayed in Figure 1 for the specific case , which highlights the salient features of the case. The leftmost plot illustrates the typical behaviour of the Gibbs free energy. We see that for the Gibbs energy displays the characteristic swallowtail shape associated with the first order phase transition. The center plot shows representative curves, in which, for we see the van der Waals oscillation. The rightmost figure shows a coexistence plot in space. The black line marks the boundary which separates the two distinct phases—here, small and large black holes. The coexistence line begins at the origin and terminates at the critical point, which is marked in this plot by the green dot. This is standard van der Waals behaviour.

As mentioned above, there is no critical point when . However, we must still consider this case explicitly since there could be zeroth order phase transitions induced by positivity of entropy considerations. Transitions of this type were found in previous investigations focusing on higher curvature gravity (12); (13) where enforcing positivity of entropy resulted in discontinuities in the Gibbs free energy, forcing the system to “jump” from one minimal branch to another. For positive we find that the Gibbs free energy exhibits a cusp, and while enforcing positivity of entropy introduces discontinuities, they always occur in the upper branch, as shown in Figure 2. Therefore, enforcing positivity of entropy in the case leads to no interesting behaviour in the uncharged case.

#### Charged case

In this section we expand our analysis to include a non-vanishing charge parameter, . This complicates the analysis from an analytical point of view, as the expressions for the critical points no longer take a simple form. We proceed numerically where appropriate.

When there is a single critical point present for any value of . Further, the positivity of entropy is trivially satisfied for this case. No new features emerge here and Figure 1 is sufficient to describe the physics at play—there are no qualitative differences. We observe a first order phase transition with classic swallowtail behaviour for the Gibbs free energy. The and plots display standard van der Waals behaviour. The critical points are characterized by the mean field theory exponents.

For , the equation of state admits a single inflection point, but whether this inflection point is a physical critical point depends on the positivity of entropy conditions. To illustrate this, consider Figure 3, which maps out the number of critical points for positive . This figure shows clearly that, for some combinations the would-be critical point occurs for parameter values which correspond to a negative entropy black hole. In fact, we can understand from this plot that, for a given charge , there will be some threshold value such that for all the critical point occurs for a negative entropy solution. By performing an analysis identical to that of the previous section we confirm that the critical points are characterized by the mean field theory exponents.

In regions of space where the critical point is unphysical, we find the Gibbs free energy has a cusp qualitatively identical to Figure 2. We have found no examples of phase transitions of any kind in these regions.

To understand the thermodynamic behaviour of these solutions when the critical point is physical we discuss the case, which provides a representative analysis. For this case, enforcing the positivity of entropy condition requires us to regard the Gibbs free energy as unphysical in certain parameter regions. In contrast to the uncharged case, this leads to new and interesting behaviour: in addition to standard van der Waals behaviour we observe instances of reentrant phase transitions over small ranges of pressure. These phase transitions, first observed in nicotine/water mixtures, are so-named because a monotonic variation of one thermodynamic parameter leads, after two or more phase transitions, to a final state which is macroscopically identical to the initial state (34).

The structure of the Gibbs free energy which leads to this behaviour is portrayed in Figure 4. Each plot in this figure corresponds to a different value of pressure which increases going from left to right, starting at in the leftmost plot and ending at in the rightmost. In each plot, below a certain temperature one branch of the Gibbs free energy (the one which is closest to being horizontal) is unphysical due to the positive entropy condition. As the pressure increases, this branch becomes closer to, and eventually intersects, the minimal branch of the Gibbs energy. When this intersection happens we have, for a narrow window of pressures, a reentrant phase transition, as shown in the center plot for . A system described by the center plot with initial temperature (where is the temperature at the cusp of the Gibbs energy) is a large black hole. If the temperature is increased to it becomes thermodynamically favourable for the system to undergo a zeroth order phase transition and jump to the lower branch, corresponding to a small black hole. If the temperature is further increased to , the system will undergo a first order phase transition back to a large black hole. This is a reentrant phase transition because the thermodynamically preferred state transitions from large to small and then back to large through monotonically increasing the temperature.

As seen in rightmost plot, above a certain pressure, the branch of the Gibbs energy which terminates due to the entropy condition does so for a temperature less than the temperature at which the Gibbs energy has a cusp. When this occurs, there is no longer a reentrant phase transition, since the system will never have to “jump” to be on the minimal branch. For pressures above this threshold, but less than the critical pressure, we observe only a first order phase transition.

The situation is captured equally well in Figure 5 which shows the coexistence plots for the case. Here the zeroth order phase transition is marked by the red line, while the black line corresponds to the first order phase transition. We see that the first order phase transition begins at the virtual triple point where the zeroth/first order transitions occur for the same physical parameters, and terminates at the critical point in typical van der Waals fashion. To the left of the blue line in these plots the black holes have negative entropy.

The analysis which we have here spelled out for the specific case applies just as well to any combination from the blue region of Figure 3. However, as one moves closer to the zero entropy boundary (the black line in Figure 3), the range of pressures for which phase transitions are observed shrinks considerably. For example, when and , the range of pressures for which phase transitions are observed has a width of about (for , the zero entropy case occurs at ). We deal with the zero entropy case explicitly in a later section.

### iii.2 Hyperbolic

We now move on to consider the hyperbolic case (where ). The uncharged case is uninteresting: regardless of the sign of there are no physical critical points with positive . Therefore we move directly to the charged case with non-vanishing .

There are no critical points in the case . This can be seen easily by considering the equation of state, which we repeat here for the specific case of :

 Pq<0=Tv+23πv2+512243e2πv6+6481|q|πv5. (24)

Notice that every term in the equation of state contributes positively to the pressure. This means that the conditions for a critical point,

 ∂P∂v=0,∂2P∂v2=0, (25)

can never be satisfied for real values of the parameters. Notably, all terms in will be positive, and so the equation of state has no inflection points. Furthermore, there are no phase transitions present at all. The Gibbs free energy has only a single physical branch, and positivity of entropy is trivially satisfied and no zeroth order phase transitions occur due to this constraint.

The case is more complicated but not significantly different. Since is positive, there will be one negative contribution to the equation of state which allows for the possibility of critical points. However, for a given fixed , there are threshold values of given by,

 e±t=±(50q2)138 (26)

such that whenever the critical temperature is negative—the critical point is unphysical above this threshold. In addition to requiring , for we must also be aware of the positivity of entropy condition. We can study the sign of the entropy for possible critical points satisfying by first evaluating the critical volume at . The result is a complicated radical expression which is approximately,

 vetc≈0.9408q1/3. (27)

The entropy in turn is approximately given by,

 Setcω3(k)=27256(vetc)3−58q≈−0.5469q (28)

which means, since , the entropy is always negative at the point where is equal to zero. Furthermore, since for we have we then have , and so the critical points inside the region bounded by are unphysical due to positive entropy considerations. The conclusion of these arguments is that for the hyperbolic case with , there are no physical critical points. We observe neither zeroth nor first order phase transitions for this case.

### iii.3 Black holes with zero entropy

The presence of the hairy parameter in the entropy means that it is possible for the black holes of this theory of have zero or negative entropy for finite . Here we consider the special case where the entropy is equal to zero at the critical point. The interesting feature of this case is that with zero entropy, these black holes have no degrees of freedom.

To guarantee zero entropy at the critical point, we enforce the constraint,

 q=27160v3c (29)

To obtain a relationship between and . The expression can be obtained analytically, but it is too complicated to be worth quoting; the approximate result is,

 q≈1.3375|e|3/2. (30)

The line mapped out by the above expression corresponds to the solid black line in Figure 3. As was discussed in that section, below this threshold we see phase structure analogous to that shown in Figures 4 and 5, but for ever narrowing ranges of pressure as the threshold is approached. To study what happens in the limit that the threshold is actually reached we first expand the equation of state about the critical point in terms of the parameters and yielding,

 ρ=PPc−1=A(e)τ−B(e)ωτ−C(e)ω3+O(τω2,ω4) (31)

where through denote complicated -dependent coefficients which are positive. In what follows we will not write this dependence explicitly, but the reader should be aware that it is there. As an example, for the specific case we have , and . We will argue that there are no phase transitions when the entropy is zero at the critical point, so let us first be very clear about the logic of our argument.

In general, we say a phase transition occurs when one branch of the Gibbs free energy expressed in terms of its natural variables and becomes thermodynamically favoured over another. To express the Gibbs free energy in terms of its natural variables, one inverts the equation of state to obtain as a function of and . Since the equation of state is generally a polynomial of some degree in , there are separate branches of and therefore branches of the Gibbs free energy once the substitution for is made. In order for the Gibbs free energy to be physically sensible, then, each of the branches of must be physically sensible (e.g. must be positive and must correspond to a black hole with non-negative entropy). In particular this means that a necessary condition to observe a phase transition is the existence of at minimum two physical branches of the Gibbs free energy—or, equivalently, two physical branches of . Here we will show that if the entropy is zero at the critical point, then there is only one physically sensible branch for , and hence the system will undergo no phase transitions.

We can invert (31) to obtain three expressions for ,

 ω1 = 121/36C[R(ρ,τ)2−BC121/3τR(ρ,τ)], ω2 = √3121/312C[121/3BCτ−R(ρ,τ)2√3R(ρ,τ) +121/3BCτ+R(ρ,τ)2R(ρ,τ)i], ω3 = ω∗2, (32)

where

 R(ρ,τ)=⎡⎣9AC2τ−9ρ+√3C2√27(Aτ−ρ)2+4B3τ3C⎤⎦1/3 (33)

Ensuring that at least two solutions for are real amounts to solving the condition,

 121/3BCτ+R(ρ,τ)2=0 (34)

which gives,

 ρ=Aτ−(−121/3BCτ)3/29C2 (35)

which, for allows us to study the behaviour of the system near the critical point with and . Using this to write the expressions for the ’s gives,

 ω1 = 23√−3BτC ω2 = ω3=−13√−3BτC. (36)

Note and being negative means for those branches, while means for that branch.

Next consider the entropy written in terms of and the constraint (29),

 Si=27π2v3c128((ωi+1)3−1) (37)

since , we have and so these branches are unphysical. Thus, in the situation where the critical point occurs for zero entropy, the Gibbs free energy has only a single physical branch and therefore there can be no phase transitions. Essentially, if the entropy is zero at the critical point, then it is less than zero for all but one branch of the Gibbs free energy for (since the above result assumes ). This result sits well with our thermodynamic intuition, since we would not expect a system possessing zero degrees of freedom to undergo processes like phase transitions. It is reassuring that this formalism has produced this result.

## Iv Conclusions

We have studied the extended phase space thermodynamics for hairy AdS black hole solutions to Einstein-Maxwell- theory conformally coupled to a scalar field in five dimensions. We have considered spherical, planar, and hyperbolic horizon topologies. In the planar case, the black hole has no hair and therefore there are no interesting new results. In the hyperbolic case, physicality constraints on the entropy and critical values eliminate the entire parameter space, yielding no interesting phase structure.

The spherical case has yielded interesting results. These systems show van der Waals behaviour in the charged and uncharged cases. In the zero entropy limit (which occurs for non-zero for positive ), all critical behaviour ceases. In the charged case, demanding the positivity of entropy led us to find examples of reentrant phase transitions for these solutions. This is the first example of a reentrant phase transition in a five dimensional gravitational system which does not involve higher curvature corrections.

## Acknowledgments

This research was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through their discovery and PGS programmes.

## Appendix A Black holes with zero or negative mass

As mentioned in the body of the paper, the metric (7) admits zero and negative mass solutions for for . These negative mass solutions were regarded as pathological in (29); (31), and so they were not studied in detail. However, the idea of negative mass black holes is not new: negative mass solutions for have been known for quite some time as solutions to Einstein-AdS gravity, and can be formed by the collapse of matter with negative energy density (35); (36). For these reasons, this topic deserves a bit more discussion here.

First we consider the spherical case (i.e. ) where we find that, provided , there can be massless or negative mass black holes. For vanishing electric charge, there is a single horizon provided . When , for a given , there is a minimum value of required for horizons to exist which is given by,

 q0=2(e2l2−2r60−l2r40)l2r0 (38)

where solves the equation,

 m0=5r60+3l2r40−e2l2r20l2 (39)

For the solution has an inner/outer horizon structure, while for the solution describes a naked singularity. When , the two horizons coincide and the solution is extremal.

It is fairly straightforward to show that in the case the negative mass black holes also have negative entropy. Written in terms of the event horizon radius, the mass parameter reads,

 m=r6++l2(kr4++e2−qr+)r2+l2. (40)

A negative mass solution results when the numerator of this expression is less than zero. Inverting the expression for , the condition for a negative mass black hole becomes,

 0 > 5l2(20q+32s)1/34[(k−25)q+8k5s] (41) +254(q+85s)2+e2l2

which, for , can be satisfied only for since . Therefore, in the spherical case, the inclusion of these negative mass solutions adds nothing further to our analysis, since we have enforced positivity of entropy throughout our work.

The situation is significantly more interesting in the hyperbolic case (i.e. ). We start by studying the negative mass solutions for the case where . For this case it is not necessary to have strictly positive to have negative mass black hole solutions. For . there will be black hole solutions with and provided where,

 q0=2r30l2(l2−2r20) (42)

with

 r20=110(l√9l2+20m0+3l2). (43)

So long as the black hole exhibits an inner/outer horizon structure, with the two horizons coinciding when corresponding to an extremal black hole. For there is a naked singularity.

When the negative mass black holes can have up to three distinct horizons for a small range of parameters. This occurs for , and for a given in this interval takes place for with

 q2±=2r30±l2(l2−2r20±) (44)

where

 r20±=110(3l2±l√9l2+20m0). (45)

Outside of this range, the solution has a single horizon.

With three horizons, there are a number of interesting possibilities. For example, one could consider three different ‘extremal limits’ corresponding to when the inner and intermediate horizons coalesce (), the outer and intermediate horizons coalesce (), or when all three horizons coalesce (). Let us consider explicitly the geometry of this third case.

The triple coincidence of horizons corresponds to a triple root of the metric function, with the specific parameters,

 m=−920l2q=3√30125l3r+=√3010l. (46)

The solution in this limit is in fact free from curvature singularities at the horizon: the Kretschmann scalar is given by

 K=4003l4. (47)

To study the near horizon geometry we expand

 f(r)≈16f′′′(r+)(r−r+)3 (48)

giving for the Euclidean section of the metric (),

 ds2≈169(f′′′(r+))2R6dτ2+dR2+r2(R)dΣ23 (49)

where

 dR2=6dr2f′′′(r+)(r−r+)3. (50)

and we are interested in the large limit (corresponding to ). On the section of the spacetime, the Ricci scalar reads,

 R=−24R2. (51)

This is a space of non-constant negative curvature, which is singular at , corresponding to . In our expansion of above, it was assumed that we were looking at the metric close to the event horizon. Clearly, violates this assumption, meaning the curvature singularity is not a physical pathology of the spacetime.

We can gain further insight into this geometry by, near the horizon, writing the metric function as,

 f(r)≈16f′′′(r+)(r−r+)3=a(r−r+)3 (52)

so we can write the Euclidean section as,

 ds2=a(r(~r)−r+)3[dt2+d~r2] (53)

with

 d~r2=dr2a2(r−r+)6. (54)

Transforming to

 ρ=eβ~r,τ=βt (55)

 ds2=a(r(ρ)−r+)3β2ρ2[ρ2dτ2+dρ2]. (56)

However, because here we have

 ~r=12a(r−r+)2, (57)

has an essential singularity at . This means that no matter how is chosen, the conformal factor cannot be made regular at the horizon, and so there is no issue of a conical singularity there.

Since there is no issue of a conical singularity, the derivation of the temperature by Euclidean methods fails. However, we can calculate the surface gravity at the horizon and find it to be,

 κ=f′(r+)2. (58)

Since we are considering a multiple root of , the derivative vanishes at the horizon and the surface gravity is . Therefore these extremal black holes have zero temperature.

In the case of nonzero electric charge the situation is quite similar except now there is the possibility of up to four horizons. Like the uncharged case, we can consider limits where various combinations of these horizons coincide. The inclusion of charge results in a polynomial complicated enough that it is hard to, in a meaningful way, express the ranges over which a certain number of horizons exist. For this reason here we focus on the solution when four horizons coincide and examine its geometry.

Four horizons will coincide provided,

 m = −35l2,q=16√5125l3, e = ±l25,r+=l√5. (59)

The Kretschmann scalar in this case is given by, , which is obviously well-behaved everywhere. For this solution, the metric function can be expanded near the horizon as,

 f(r)≈f(4)(r+)4!(r−r+)4=50l4(r−r+)4 (60)

The Euclidean ( section of the metric then can be written as,

 ds2≈50(r−r+)4l4β2ρ2[ρ2dτ2+dρ2] (61)

where

 ρ=exp(βl450(r−r+)3),τ=iβt. (62)

As before, has an essential singularity at the horizon, and so the conformal factor cannot be made regular there and there are no conical singularities. The surface gravity, given by eq. (58), vanishes and the temperature is zero.

As we have seen, the hyperbolic negative mass black holes exhibit a rich and interesting structure with up to four horizons. While it is true that the negative mass solutions add nothing new to our thermodynamic considerations in the main text (since the spherical ones have negative entropy, and we showed earlier that there are no interesting phase behaviour for the hyperbolic black holes), these exotic possibilities present new and interesting behaviour. It would be worthwhile to better understand the causal structure of these black hole geometries.

### Footnotes

1. Other cases include rotating black holes and black holes in higher curvature gravity.

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