String Cloud and Quintessence Fluid Alter Schwarzschild-anti de-Sitter Black Hole Properties

Black holes, among the most enigmatic objects in the universe, continue to reveal surprising complexities, as demonstrated by research from Faizuddin Ahmed at Royal Global University, Saeed Noori Gashti and Behnam Pourhassan at Damghan University, and colleagues. This team investigates how the presence of both a cloud of strings and a mysterious energy field known as quintessence alters the behaviour of a specific type of black hole found within anti-de Sitter space. Their work reveals that these additions dramatically influence the paths of particles around the black hole, its thermodynamic properties, and the way it vibrates when disturbed, offering new insights into the fundamental nature of gravity and potentially shedding light on the connection between black holes and quantum systems through the AdS/CFT correspondence. By exploring these subtle effects, the researchers provide a more complete picture of black hole physics and its implications for understanding the universe.

Black Hole Solutions and Black Hole Geometry

Research extensively explores black holes, gravity, cosmology, and related topics, investigating black hole properties, thermodynamic behaviour, and interactions with surrounding matter and energy. Studies focus on analysing black hole shadows, characterizing their vibrations, and modelling their response to external disturbances. Investigations extend to modified gravity theories, exploring alternatives to General Relativity and examining the role of dark energy and dark matter in the early universe. Researchers also investigate the potential for wormholes and connections to string theory and brane world scenarios.

Current research connects theoretical predictions with observational data from gravitational waves and black hole imaging, indicating a highly active research community. Studies employ analytical solutions, numerical simulations, stability analyses, perturbation theory, and thermodynamic studies to comprehensively understand these complex phenomena. A clear trend emerges towards exploring modified gravity theories as alternatives to General Relativity, with increasing reliance on numerical methods to solve complex equations and model black hole behaviour.

Test Particle Motion Around String-Coupled Black Holes

Researchers investigated black hole behaviour by analysing particle motion, thermodynamic properties, and light behaviour. The study focuses on a Schwarzschild-AdS black hole coupled with a cloud of strings and embedded within a quintessence fluid, creating a complex system. By tracking the paths of both massive and massless particles, the team examined photon trajectories, photon spheres, and the innermost stable circular orbit, revealing how the black hole’s geometry influences surrounding particles and light. Beyond particle motion, researchers delved into the thermodynamic topology of the black hole, treating it as a system exhibiting complex thermodynamic behaviour.

They examined how the string cloud alters the black hole’s charge and thermodynamic properties, revealing distinct configurations. By conceptualizing the black hole as a topological defect, researchers mapped its free energy and identified potential phase transitions, providing insights into its behaviour. The team also investigated light interaction with the system, focusing on photon sphere formation and stability. By applying topological methods, they deepened our understanding of light behaviour in strong gravity. This holistic approach, combining particle motion, thermodynamic topology, and light interaction, provides a comprehensive understanding of black hole physics.

Strings, Quintessence, and Black Hole Geometry

Researchers investigated a black hole solution where a Schwarzschild-anti de Sitter black hole is coupled with a cloud of strings and embedded within a quintessence fluid, a theoretical form of dark energy. This complex system combines intriguing concepts in gravitational physics, allowing scientists to explore how these components interact and influence the black hole’s properties. The team’s work demonstrates that the combined effect of the string cloud and the quintessence fluid significantly alters the black hole’s curvature and, consequently, its dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics. The study began with a detailed analysis of the spacetime geometry created by this combined system, resulting in a metric describing the black hole’s gravitational field.

By varying the parameters associated with the string cloud and the quintessence fluid, researchers observed how the metric function changes, influencing the black hole’s overall structure and impacting how light and matter behave in its vicinity. This detailed mapping of the spacetime geometry provides a foundation for understanding the black hole’s behaviour. Further investigation focused on the motion of test particles, both massless photons and particles with mass, around the black hole. Researchers discovered that the presence of the string cloud and the quintessence fluid alters features like the size and shape of the black hole’s shadow and affects the orbits of nearby particles.

This analysis provides insights into how the black hole interacts with its surroundings and how light is affected by its intense gravity. The team also examined the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO), finding that the string cloud and quintessence fluid shift the ISCO radius, influencing the stability of orbits and the dynamics of matter falling into the black hole. Beyond dynamics, the researchers explored the thermodynamic properties of the black hole, specifically its topological configuration. They discovered that varying the parameters of the string cloud leads to distinct topological arrangements, corresponding to known black hole classes. This connection between spacetime geometry and thermodynamic phase structure highlights a fundamental relationship between the black hole’s structure and its thermal behaviour, contributing to a growing body of knowledge about these complex systems.

👉 More information
🗞 Schwarzschild-AdS Black Holes with Cloud of Strings and Quintessence: Geodesics, Thermodynamic Topology, and Quasinormal Modes
🧠 ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07438

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