The Fourth Law of Black Hole Thermodynamics

Abstract

We show that black holes fulfill the scaling laws arising in critical transitions. In particular, we find that in the transition from negative to positive values the heat capacities $C_{JQ}$, $C_{\Omega Q}$ and $C_{J\Phi }$ give rise to critical exponents satisfying the scaling laws. The three transitions have the same critical exponents as predicted by the universality Hypothesis. We also briefly discuss the implications of this result with regards to the connections among gravitation, quantum mechanics and statistical physics.

19 pages (two figures), Plain Tex. Preprint KONS-RGKU-93-11. To appear in Nucl. Phys. B (1993)

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