Dynamic properties of thermodynamic phase transition for five-dimensional neutral Gauss-Bonnet AdS black hole on free energy landscape

Understanding the dynamic process of the thermodynamic phase transition can provide the deep insight into the black hole microscopic properties and structures. We in this paper study the dynamic properties of the stable small-large black hole phase transition for the five-dimensional neutral Gauss-Bonnet AdS black hole. Firstly, by using the first law of black holes, we prove that the extremal points of the free energy on the landscape denote the real black hole solutions satisfying the field equations. The local maximal and minimal points correspond to local unstable and stable black hole states, respectively. Especially, on the free energy landscape, the wells of the coexistence small and large black holes have the same depth. Then we investigate the probability evolution governed by the Fokker-Planck equation. Due to the thermal fluctuation, we find that the small (large) black hole state can transit to the large (small) black hole state. Furthermore, the first passage time is calculated. For each temperature, a single peak is presented, which suggests that there is a considerable fraction of the first passage events taking place at short time. And the higher the temperature is, the faster decrease of the probability is. These results will uncover some intriguing dynamic properties of the stable small-large black hole phase transition in modified gravity. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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This paper investigates the dynamic properties of the stable small-large black hole phase transition in a five-dimensional neutral Gauss-Bonnet AdS black hole, revealing that extremal points on the free energy landscape correspond to real black hole solutions and that thermal fluctuations can lead to transitions between small and large black hole states. The first passage time is calculated, showing a single peak for each temperature and indicating a significant proportion of first passage events occurring in a short time. Additionally, the probability decreases more rapidly at higher temperatures.