Speaker
David Kubiznak
(Perimeter Institute)
Description
The mass of a black hole has traditionally been identified with its energy. We describe a
new perspective on black hole thermodynamics, one that identifies the mass of a black hole
with chemical enthalpy, and the cosmological constant as thermodynamic pressure. This leads
to an understanding of black holes from the viewpoint of chemistry, in terms of concepts such as Van der Waals fluids, reentrant phase transitions, and triple points. Both charged and rotating black holes exhibit novel chemical-type phase behaviour, hitherto unseen.
Author
David Kubiznak
(Perimeter Institute)
Co-authors
Altamirano Natacha
(Perimeter Institute)
Robert Mann
(University of Waterloo)
