Dimensionally continued black holes sourced by a conformally coupled scalar field and Chaplygin-like dark fluid

Abstract

In this paper, we study the higher dimensional black holes of Lovelock gravity coupled with a conformal scalar field. The matter source of gravity is suggested to come from the Chaplygin-like dark fluid, i.e., the hybrid of a dark matter and dark energy. We primarily focus on dimensionally continued gravity where the coupling parameters are reduced into two independent parameters, i.e., the Newtonian and cosmological constants. In this specific case of Lovelock gravity, we derive the metric function that describes the hairy black holes surrounded by dark fluid. For these objects, the basic thermodynamic quantities are worked out. We discuss how the unified dark fluid affects both local and global thermodynamic stabilities. We also demonstrate that the radiation spectrum is proportional to the change in entropy of the hairy black holes. Lastly, the hairy black holes in the presence of Chaplygin-like dark fluid are briefly investigated within the context of generic Lovelock gravity.