The Kerr–Newman black hole as a rotating Van der Waals gas

In this work we employ the horizon approach for the thermodynamics of black holes, together with holographic equipartition, to show that the Kerr–Newman black hole can be considered as a rotating Van der Waals gas. Our results are interpreted in light of a simple mechanical and geometrical model, which is amenable to emerge from the space-time atom perspective. P. B. is funded by the Beatriz Galindo contract BEAGAL 18/00207 (Spain). F. V. acknowledges funding by the Department of Physics of Universidad de los Andes. A.V is supported by a Melbourne Research Scholarship and the N.D. Goldsworthy Scholarship.