JHEP, 06, 087 (2023)

Higher derivative contributions to black hole thermodynamics at NNLO

LiangMa¹, Yi Pang¹ and Hong Lu^1,2

1 Center for Joint Quantum Studies, Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.

2 Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China.

* pangyi1@tju.edu.cn

Abstract

In an effective theory of gravity, thermodynamic quantities of black holes receive corrections from the infinite series of higher derivative terms. At the next to leading order, these can be obtained by using only the leading order solution. In this paper, we push forward this property to the next to next to leading order. We propose a formula which yields the Euclidean action of asymptotically flat black holes at the next to next to leading order using only the solution up to and including the next to leading order. Other conserved quantities are derived from the Euclidean action via standard thermodynamic relation. We verify our formula in examples of D-dimensional pure gravity and Einstein-Maxwell theory extended by 4- and 6-derivative terms. Based on our formula, we also prove that for asymptotically flat black holes, the physical quantities are invariant under field redefinitions.