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Tidal dynamics and stellar disruption in charged Kalb-Ramond black holes in nonlinear electrodynamics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-01-15 v1

Abstract

We investigate tidal forces, geodesic deviation, and tidal disruption in the black hole spacetime described by the Kalb-Ramond-ModMax solution, where electromagnetic nonlinearity is governed by the parameter γ\gamma and Lorentz symmetry violation by the parameter ll. In the canonical sector (α=1\alpha=1), the radial tidal force exhibits a transition marked by a sign inversion between the horizons rr_{-} and r+r_+, signaling internal regimes of radial compression analogous to those of charged black holes; the parameter ll controls the strength and location of this transition, while γ\gamma regulates the nonlinear electromagnetic contribution. The angular tidal force is predominantly compressive, ll shaping the effective geometry, and γ\gamma acting as a damping factor. In the phantom sector (α=1\alpha=-1), tidal forces and geodesic deviation diverge, indicating a tidal instability, with ll and γ\gamma affecting only the magnitude of the response. We further show that ll shifts the relation between the horizon radius r+r_+ and the tidal disruption radius rRocher_{\rm Roche}, thereby modifying the critical (Hills) mass defined by rRoche=r+r_{\rm Roche}=r_+. Tidal disruption of neutron stars occurs inside the horizon for supermassive black holes, whereas Sun-like stars are disrupted outside the horizon, with γ\gamma becoming relevant only for ultramassive black holes with masses 108M\sim 10^{8}M_{\odot}. Our results demonstrate that Kalb-Ramon-ModMax effects are largely suppressed for supermassive black holes, but may be relevant for intermediate-mass systems and observable tidal disruption events, offering an indirect probe of Lorentz violation and nonlinear electrodynamics in the strong-field regime.

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@article{arxiv.2601.09482,
  title  = {Tidal dynamics and stellar disruption in charged Kalb-Ramond black holes in nonlinear electrodynamics},
  author = {Ednaldo L. B. Junior and Herlan N. Lemos and Marcos V. de S. Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.09482},
  year   = {2026}
}

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14 pages, 7 figures