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Shadows of Kerr-like black holes in $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity and constraints from EHT observations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-02-06 v2

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 4D4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity and deduce their shadows. Considering the inclination angle θ0=17o\theta_0=17^o, 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 35.7888μasθd39.6192μas35.7888\mu as\leq \theta_d\leq 39.6192\mu as. The M87* black hole shadow angular size θd=42±3μas\theta_d=42\pm 3\mu as, within the 1σ\sigma 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