Black brane solutions of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory with Liouville potential

Abstract

We investigate the global properties of black brane solutions of a three-parameter Einstein-Maxwell model nonminimally coupled to a scalar with exponential potential. The black brane solutions of this model have recently been investigated because of their relevance for holography and for the AdS/condensed matter correspondence. We classify all the possible regular solutions and show that they exist only for a limited range of values of the parameters and that their asymptotic behavior either breaks hyperscaling invariance or has the form of a domain wall. We also write down some exact solutions in Schwarzschild coordinates.