# Thermodynamics of Lorentzian Taub-NUT spacetimes

## TL;DR

This paper explores the thermodynamics of Lorentzian Taub-NUT spacetimes, allowing independent variation of the NUT charge and establishing consistent thermodynamic laws with positive volume, contrasting previous Euclidean studies.

## Contribution

It introduces a framework for Lorentzian Taub-NUT thermodynamics with independent NUT charge variation and compares two entropy definitions for consistent thermodynamic descriptions.

## Key findings

- Thermodynamics with positive volume is achievable in Lorentzian Taub-NUT spacetimes.
- Introducing a new charge allows a full cohomogeneity first law.
- Both entropy definitions yield consistent thermodynamics.

## Abstract

The thermodynamics of the Taub-NUT solution has been predominantly studied in the Euclidean sector, upon imposing the condition for the absence of Misner strings. Such thermodynamics is quite exceptional: the periodicity of the Euclidean time is restricted and thence the NUT charge cannot be independently varied, the entropy is not equal to a quarter of the area, and the thermodynamic volume can be negative. In this paper we revisit this paradigm and study the thermodynamics of the Lorentzian Taub-NUT solution, maintaining (as recently shown relatively harmless) Misner strings. We argue that in order to formulate a full cohomogeneity first law where the NUT parameter can be independently varied, it is natural to introduce a new charge together with its conjugate quantity. We consider two scenarios: one in which the entropy is given by the Lorentzian version of the Noether charge, the other in which the entropy is given by the standard Bekenstein--Hawking area law. In both cases consistent thermodynamics with positive thermodynamic volume can be formulated.