Black hole chemistry and holography in generalized quasi-topological gravity

Abstract We investigate the thermodynamics of AdS black holes in Generalized Quasi-topological Gravity with and without electric charge, concentrating on the version of the theory that is cubic in curvature. We study new aspects of Hawking-Page transitions that occur for these black holes. Working within the framework of black hole chemistry, we find a variety of familiar and new critical behaviour and phase transitions in four and higher dimensions for the charged black holes. We also consider some holographic aspects of our work, demonstrating how the ratio of viscosity to entropy is modified by inclusion of these cubic curvature terms.

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