Phase transition and shadow behaviors of quintessential black holes in M-theory/superstring inspired models

Abstract

We study [Formula: see text]-dimensional black holes surrounded by dark energy (DE), embedded in [Formula: see text]-dimensional M-theory/superstring inspired models having [Formula: see text] space–time where [Formula: see text]. We focus first on the thermodynamical Hawking–Page phase transitions, whose microscopical origin is linked to [Formula: see text] coincident [Formula: see text]-branes supposed to live in such inspired models. Interpreting the cosmological constant as the number of colors, we compute various thermodynamical quantities in terms of the brane number, the entropy and the DE contribution. Calculating the ordinary chemical potential conjugated to the number of colors, we show that a generic black hole is more stable for a larger number of branes in lower dimensions. In the presence of DE, however, we find that the DE state parameter [Formula: see text] takes particular values, for [Formula: see text] models, providing nontrivial phase transitions. Then, we examine some optical properties. Concretely, we investigate shadow behaviors of quintessential black holes in terms of [Formula: see text]-brane physics. In terms of certain ratios, we find similar behaviors for critical quantities and shadow radius.