Published January 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Black holes without mass and entropy in Lovelock gravity

  • 1. Department of Physics, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502 (Japan)
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Frontiers in Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing 100190 (China)

Description

We present a class of new black hole solutions in D-dimensional Lovelock gravity theory. The solutions have a form of direct product MmxHn, where D=m+n, Hn is a negative constant curvature space, and the solutions are characterized by two integration constants. When m=3 and 4, these solutions reduce to the exact black hole solutions recently found by Maeda and Dadhich in Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory. We study thermodynamics of these black hole solutions. Although these black holes have a nonvanishing Hawking temperature, surprisingly, the mass of these solutions always vanishes. While the entropy also vanishes when m is odd, it is a constant determined by an Euler characteristic of (m-2)-dimensional cross section of black hole horizon when m is even. We argue that the constant in the entropy should be thrown away. Namely, when m is even, the entropy of these black holes also should vanish. We discuss the implications of these results.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 024018-024018.12
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42002243
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; CROSS SECTIONS; ENTROPY; GRAVITATION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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