Exploring Tsallis thermodynamics for boundary conformal field theories in gauge/gravity duality

Abstract

Inspired by AdS/CFT interpretation Karch and Robinson (2015), we analyze thermodynamics for thermal boundary conformal field theories (CFT) that are dual to four-dimensional charged anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes embedded in 11-dimensional M-theory-inspired models with $Ad{S}_4\times S^7$ space–time, employing the framework of Tsallis entropy. The latter is recognized as a nonadditive extension of the Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy that can satisfy the thermodynamic extensivity for black holes. Specifically, we consider AdS black holes in $Ad{S}_4\times S^7$ spacetime, interpreting the number of M2-branes as a thermodynamic variable. Using the Tsallis entropy enables us to highlight peculiar thermodynamic features, resorting to essential tools such as the chemical potential and Gibbs energy while examining phase transitions along iso-charge partitions. Then, we leveraged a class of geometrothermodynamic formalisms, including Weinhold, Ruppeiner, Quevedo I, and II metrics. Quevedo’s formulations provide richer information about phase transitions than the first two methods. Our study sheds new light on AdS black holes in a thermodynamically proper context, deepening our understanding of the role of non-extensivity in the critical behavior of such complex systems.