Phase transitions, shadows, and microstructure of Reissner-Nordstr\"om-Anti-de-Sitter black holes from a geometrothermodynamic perspective

TL;DR

This paper investigates the thermodynamics, phase transitions, shadows, and microstructure of Reissner-Nordström-Anti-de-Sitter black holes using geometrothermodynamics, revealing how the curvature radius influences phase behavior and microscopic properties.

Contribution

It introduces a geometrothermodynamic analysis of Reissner-Nordström-AdS black holes, emphasizing the role of the curvature radius and comparing geometric approaches to understand microstructure.

Findings

Phase transition structure depends on curvature radius.

Differences observed between thermodynamic geometry and geometrothermodynamics.

Black hole microstructure analysis reveals curvature radius effects.

Abstract

We study the thermodynamic properties of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole with cosmological constant, expressed in terms of the curvature radius, by using the approach of shadow thermodynamics and the formalism of geometrothermodynamics. We derive explicit expressions for the shadow radius in terms of the horizon, photon sphere, and observer radii. The phase transition structure turns out to strongly depend on the value of the curvature radius, including configurations with zero, one, or two phase transitions. We also analyze the black hole microscopic structure and find differences between the approaches of thermodynamic geometry and geometrothermodynamics, which are due to the presence of the curvature radius. We impose the important condition that the black hole is a quasi-homogeneous thermodynamic system to guarantee the consistency of the geometrothermodynamic approach.