Schottky Anomaly of Reissner-Nordstr"{o}m-de Sitter spacetime

Abstract

Abstract In the extended thermodynamics of black holes, there exists a thermodynamical pressure whose dual thermodynamical quantity is volume. Extensive studies have been conducted on the phase structure of numerous black holes, which have demonstrated striking similarities to the phase structure of various ordinary matter systems. From the comparison of the thermodynamic properties between spherically symmetric AdS black holes and ordinary thermodynamic systems we known that the isovolumetric heat capacity of the former is zero, whereas that of the latter is non-zero. It is a subject of interest for the intrinsic reason for this discrepancy. For the Reissner-N"{o}rdstrom-de Sitter (RN-dS) spacetime with the coexistence of the black hole and cosmological horizons the effective thermodynamic quantities as well as the interaction between two horizons are presented. The heat capacity in the Reissner-N"{o}rdstrom-de Sitter (RN-dS) spacetime is then investigated, and it is demonstrated that the behavior of the heat capacity in the RN-dS spacetime is analogous to that of Schottky specific heat. Treating two horizons in the RN-dS spacetime as two distinct energy levels in a two-energy-level system we investigate the thermodynamic properties in the RN-dS spacetime with the method of studying the thermodynamic properties in an ordinary two-energy system, thereby elucidating the intrinsic reasons for the occurrence of Schottky specific heat in the RN-dS spacetime. The heat capacity observed in the RN-dS spacetime is not only consistent with that of the Schottky specific heat described by the effective thermodynamic quantities in the RN-dS spacetime, but also with that of an ordinary two-energy-level system. These results not only reveal the quantum properties of the RN-dS spacetime, but also provide a new avenue for further in-depth study of the quantum properties of black holes and dS spacetime.