
Bardeen solution with a cloud of strings
Manuel E. Rodrigues(1,2)∗, Henrique A. Vieira(1)†
(1)Faculdade de F´ısica, Programa de P´os-Gradua¸c˜ao em F´ısica,
Universidade Federal do Par´a,
66075-110, Bel´em, Par´a, Brazil
(2)Faculdade de Ciˆencias Exatas e Tecnologia,
Universidade Federal do Par´a Campus Universit´ario de Abaetetuba,
68440-000, Abaetetuba, Par´a, Brazil
(Dated: October 14, 2022)
In this paper we present a Bardeen solution surrounded by a cloud of strings fluid. We show
how this model has the same event horizon characteristic as the Bardeen solution, however, the
parameter of the strings make the solution singular at the origin. We also analyze the solution from
a thermodynamic point of view. We calculate the system’s state function, enthalpy; the temperature;
and the other potentials; as a function of entropy. By analyzing the thermodynamic coefficients,
we show that the solution presents three distinct phases, two of which are stable and one unstable.
These three phases could be best visualized using a plot of Gibbs free energy versus temperature.
In the end, we calculate the critical exponents and find that they are the same as those found in
Van der Walls theory.
PACS numbers: 04.70.BW, 04.70.-s
I. INTRODUCTION
With the development of general relativity at the beginning of the last century [1], we started to see the Universe
in a completely different way. Schwarzschild [2], solving Einstein’s equations, proposed the existence of a region of
space time with singular density from which not even electromagnetic radiation could escape. Later, this region
would become known as black holes, solutions to the Einstein equations that describe regions of space time covered
by an event horizon and that may have a singularity inside [3]. This field challenged the understanding of physicists
from that time and is still today subject to theoretical studies and motivation for the improvement of observational
astronomical apparatus. And it has recently gained strength with the detection of gravitational waves [4–10], and
with the release, by the Event Horizon Telescope team, of the first images of the shadow of a black hole [11–16].
Until the mid-1970s we thought it was impossible for any object to come out of a black hole, even electromagnetic
radiation. However, Hawking [17] showed that these bodies emit thermal radiation and this started a new area in
gravitation known today as black hole thermodynamics [18–27]. There are several reasons why this area is relevant
today. First, any physicist knows the difficulty of trying to describe, for example, one gas using the equations of motion
from mechanics. Now, imagine trying to evaluate the contribution of each star, or even each galaxy, separately, in
the formation and functioning of the Universe. This is why thermodynamics is an essential part of the analysis of
cosmology, which deals with distances of the order 1 mega parsec. Second, a purely classical black hole has no entropy
and therefore would violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Last but not least, it is possible to construct purely
classical laws for black holes [28] that can only be interpreted by adding quantum effects, and the reason for this is
not yet known since we do not have a quantum theory of gravity, neither one that can explain all forces of nature in
a simple and condensed way.
Recently, the string theory is the most referred possibility to be “the final theory”. On it, the Universe is thought of
as a collection of extended objects instead of pointlike particles. A promising candidate is a one-dimensional continua
string object. M. G¨urses and F. G¨ursey [29] first derived the string equation of motion in General Relativity, then
they showed [30] that a fluid governed by this equation could model the interior of a Kerr-Schild metric. Later,
J. Stachel [31] proposed an extension of the relativistic “dust cloud” model for a perfect fluid. With this in mind,
Letelier [32] obtained a solution of Einstein’s equations for clouds of strings and used it to construct a model of a star.
Subsequently, many other papers in the literature have considered clouds of strings a fluid serving as a background for
black holes, charged or not. In the Einstein-Gaus-Bonet theory: it was first considered on [33], where the authors also
compute Hawking temperature, entropy, heat capacity, and Helmholtz free energy; then [34] calculated quasinormal
∗E-mail address: esialg@gmail.com
†E-mail address: henriquefisica2017@gmail.com
arXiv:2210.06531v1 [gr-qc] 12 Oct 2022