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most citedUniversal topological classifications of black hole thermodynamics

62 citations · 196 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

gr-qc2026

Thermodynamics of rotating black holes with constrained primary hair

Wentao Liu, Di Wu, Shao-Wen Wei +1

An exact rotating geometry need not define a black hole in equilibrium when its surface gravity varies across the horizon. We construct an asymptotically flat, non-Kerr subfamily o…

gr-qc2026

Scalar wave dark matter imprints on binary black hole mergers: dependence on field mass and density

Yu-Peng Zhang, Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu

Dark matter environments can modify binary black hole mergers and imprint their gravitational-wave signals. We perform numerical-relativity simulations of nonspinning binary black…

gr-qc2026

Charged Black Holes with a Lorentz--Violating Kalb--Ramond Background

Jia-Hui Yang, Xin-Yu Guo, Jia-Zhou Liu +1

We investigate exact static, spherically symmetric electrically charged black hole solutions in a gravitational theory with spontaneous Lorentz-symmetry breaking induced by a backg…

gr-qc2026

Black Hole Entropy Beyond the Wald Term in Nonminimally Coupled Gravity: A Covariant Phase Space Decomposition

Jia-Zhou Liu, Shan-Ping Wu, Shao-Wen Wei +1

We study the entropy of static, spherically symmetric black holes in diffeomorphism-invariant theories with nonminimal matter--curvature couplings, using the covariant phase space…

gr-qc2026

Dyonic Black Holes in Lorentz-Violating Gravity with a Background Kalb--Ramond Field

Yu-Xuan Lin, Jia-Zhou Liu, Yu-Xiao Liu

By introducing a nonminimal coupling between the Kalb--Ramond field and the electromagnetic field, we construct an exact four-dimensional static, spherically symmetric dyonic black…

gr-qc2026★ 4 cited

Topology of black hole thermodynamics: A brief review

Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu

Recent explorations of topological aspects in black hole thermodynamics have achieved unprecedented progress. By utilizing topological numbers, different black hole systems can be…

gr-qc2026

Topologically equivalent yet radiatively distinct orbits in EMRI system

Chao-Hui Wang, Shao-Wen Wei, Tao Zhu +1

Multiple potential wells for massive test particles, allowing distinct families of bound orbits to coexist, are a characteristic feature of certain exotic compact objects beyond ge…

gr-qc2026

Gravity/thermodynamics correspondence via black hole shadows

Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu

The shadow of a black hole serves as a pristine window into the strong-gravity regime, with cuspy feature emerging as a smoking-gun signature of physics beyond the Kerr paradigm. I…

gr-qc2026

Gravitational equal-area law and critical phenomena of cuspy black hole shadow

Shao-Wen Wei, Chao-Hui Wang, Yu-Peng Zhang +2

The formation of a cusp on a black hole shadow is a striking signature of physics beyond the Kerr paradigm. Using the Konoplya-Zhidenko metric, a general parametrized deformation o…

hep-th2025★ 2 cited

Topological perspective on bulk boundary thermodynamic equivalence

Si-Jiang Yang, Shan-Ping Wu, Shao-Wen Wei +1

We establish an exact duality between the extended thermodynamics of five-dimensional charged Gauss-Bonnet AdS black holes and the thermodynamic framework of the dual boundary conf…

gr-qc2025★ 5 cited

Exact Black Hole Solutions in Bumblebee Gravity with Lightlike or Spacelike VEVS

Jia-Zhou Liu, Shan-Ping Wu, Shao-Wen Wei +1

Motivated by recent developments in Lorentz-violating theories of gravity, we obtain new black hole solutions within the framework of bumblebee gravity, where the bumblebee vector…

gr-qc2025

Universal exponents of black hole phase transition at zero-temperature limit

Shao-Wen Wei, Shan-Ping Wu, Yu-Peng Zhang +1

In this work, we investigate the universal thermodynamic characteristics of black hole phase transitions at the zero-temperature limit. Our results reveal that, far below the criti…

gr-qc2025★ 3 cited

D-dimensional black holes in extended Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Jia-Zhou Liu, Si-Jiang Yang, Chun-Chun Zhu +1

In this work, we present charged spherically symmetric anti-de Sitter black hole solutions in dimensions () within the framework of extended Gauss--Bonnet gravity. Mo…

gr-qc2025

Evolution of innermost stable circular orbit and light ring of a charged black hole induced by the scalarization

Yu-Peng Zhang, Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu

In this paper, we investigate the dynamical evolution of the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) and light ring of a charged black hole during dynamical scalarization. This is a…

gr-qc2025★ 9 cited

Deciphering black hole phase transitions through photon spheres

Si-Jiang Yang, Shan-Ping Wu, Shao-Wen Wei +1

Black hole thermodynamics is a crucial and foundational aspect of black hole physics, yet its observational verification remains exceptionally challenging. The photon sphere of a b…

gr-qc2025★ 14 cited

Exact black hole solutions in gravity with a background Kalb-Ramond field

Jia-Zhou Liu, Shan-Ping Wu, Shao-Wen Wei +1

In this work, we derive exact solutions for four-dimensional static spherically symmetric black holes and three-dimensional rotating black holes within a Lorentz-violating gravity…

hep-th2025

Generalized Free Energy Landscapes from Iyer-Wald Formalism

Shan-Ping Wu, Yu-Xiao Liu, Shao-Wen Wei

The generalized free energy landscape plays a pivotal role in understanding black hole thermodynamics and phase transitions. In general relativity, one can directly derive the gene…

gr-qc2025

Emerging black hole shadow from collapsing boson star

Yu-Peng Zhang, Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu

This work devotes to investigate the dynamical emergence of black hole shadow from gravitational lensing in dynamical spacetime by using the collapsing boson star. Two characterize…

gr-qc2025★ 3 cited

Test fields and naked singularities: is the second law the cosmic censor?

Si-Jiang Yang, Zheng-Quan Cui, Shao-Wen Wei +1

It has been claimed that a Kerr-Newman black hole can generically be overspun by neutral test fields, and it has been argued that even when backreactions are taken into account, th…

gr-qc2024★ 62 cited

Universal topological classifications of black hole thermodynamics

Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu, Robert B. Mann

In this Letter, we investigate the universal classifications of black hole states by considering them as topological defects within the thermodynamic parameter space. Through the a…

gr-qc2024★ 7 cited

Black hole thermodynamics from an ensemble-averaged theory

Peng Cheng, Yu-Xiao Liu, Shao-Wen Wei

The path integral approach to a quantum theory of gravity is widely regarded as an indispensable strategy. However, determining what additional elements, beyond black hole or AdS s…

hep-th2024

Holographic thermodynamics of a five-dimensional neutral Gauss-Bonnet AdS black hole

Si-Jiang Yang, Md Sabir Ali, Shao-Wen Wei +1

Motivated by the recent progress on the holographic dual of the extended thermodynamics for black holes in anti-de-Sitter (AdS) space, we investiggate the hologrphic thermodynamics…

gr-qc2024★ 45 cited

Charged spherically symmetric and slowly rotating charged black hole solutions in bumblebee gravity

Jia-Zhou Liu, Wen-Di Guo, Shao-Wen Wei +1

In this paper, we present charged spherically symmetric black hole solutions and slowly rotating charged solutions in bumblebee gravity with and without a cosmological constant. Th…

gr-qc2024★ 10 cited

Constraining black hole parameters with the precessing jet nozzle of M87*

Shao-Wen Wei, Yuan-Chuan Zou, Yu-Peng Zhang +1

Recently, Cui et al. [Nature \textbf{621}, 711 (2023)] reported that the jet nozzle of M87* exhibits a precession with a period of approximately 11 years. This finding strongly sug…