Shadows of Kerr-like black holes in $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity and constraints from EHT observations
Abstract
The M87* black hole shadow observation by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has enabled us to test the modified gravity theories in the extreme-field regime and estimating the black hole parameters. Having this assertion, we investigate the Kerr-like rotating black holes in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity and deduce their shadows. Considering the inclination angle , we show that the EGB black hole shadows are smaller and more distorted than for the Kerr black holes. Modelling the M87* black hole as the EGB black hole, we predict the shadow angular size . The M87* black hole shadow angular size , within the 1 region, constrains the GB coupling parameter and the black hole spin parameter. Interestingly, the circularity deviation of the EGB black hole shadows is smaller than the bounded deduced for the M87* black hole.
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@article{arxiv.2203.07775,
title = {Shadows of Kerr-like black holes in $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity and constraints from EHT observations},
author = {Sushant G. Ghosh and Rahul Kumar Walia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07775},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
15 pages and 6 figures. Matched with the published version in proceedings of the Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting - MG16, July 5-10, 2021