Page curves in holographic superconductors

Abstract

Considering a doubly holographic model, we study the black hole information paradox for the eternal AdSd-RN black hole coupled to and in equilibrium with a d-dimensional conformal bath whose state has been deformed by the charged scalar field coupled to a U(1) gauge field. Without a brane, the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the gauge field on boundary systems can induce a second-order phase transition of the charged scalar field at the critical temperature, known as holographic superconductors. The bath deformation can significantly change its entanglement dynamics with the black hole, resulting in variations in the Page curve and Page time. Our results indicate that characteristic parameters of the Page curve, such as entanglement velocity, initial area difference and Page time, can be used as suitable probes to detect superconducting phase transitions. In particular, the entanglement velocity can also probe both Kasner flows and Josephson oscillations. When keeping the endpoint of the radiation region fixed at twice the critical Page point, the entanglement velocity (the internal backreaction) has a more significant influence on the Page time compared to the initial area difference (the external backreaction). Published by the American Physical Society 2024