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We consider a metric-affine formulation of Chern-Simons modified gravity in 2 + 1 dimensions. The theory is built requiring projective invariance, and the structure of the equations is analyzed using a decomposition in terms of scalar,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-05 Flavio Bombacigno , Gonzalo J. Olmo , Emanuele Orazi , Paulo J. Porfírio

Black holes have a unique sensitivity to the presence of ultralight matter fields or modifications of the underlying theory of gravity. In the present paper we combine both features by studying an ultralight, dynamical scalar field that is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-16 Chloe Richards , Alexandru Dima , Helvi Witek

We present a solution for rotating black holes in massive gravity. We first give a solution of massive gravity with one dynamical metric. Both metrics of this solution are expressed in the advanced Eddington-Finkelstein-like coordinates:…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-07 Eugeny Babichev , Alessandro Fabbri

We present, in closed analytic form, a general stationary, slowly rotating black hole, which is solution to a large class of alternative theories of gravity in four dimensions. In these theories, the Einstein-Hilbert action is supplemented…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-27 Paolo Pani , Caio F. B. Macedo , Luis C. B. Crispino , Vitor Cardoso

Detailed observations of phenomena involving black holes, be it via gravitational waves or more traditional electromagnetic means, can probe the strong field regime of the gravitational interaction. The prediction of features in such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-19 Andrew Sullivan , Nicolás Yunes , Thomas P. Sotiriou

The chiral scalar-tensor theory is an extension of the Chern-Simons modified gravity by introducing couplings between the first and second derivatives of the scalar field and parity-violating spacetime curvatures. A key feature of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-15 Ze-Kai Yu , Lei Liu , Tao Zhu

We introduce a systematic and direct procedure to generate hairy rotating black holes by deforming a spherically symmetric seed solution. We develop our analysis in the context of the gravitational decoupling approach, without resorting to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-12 E. Contreras , J. Ovalle , R. Casadio

A key obstacle for theory-specific tests of general relativity is the lack of accurate black-hole solutions in beyond-Einstein theories, especially for moderate to high spins. We address this by developing a general framework--based on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-19 Kelvin Ka-Ho Lam , Adrian Ka-Wai Chung , Nicolás Yunes

Among many modified gravity theories, the Chern-Simons modified gravity stands out as one of the few examples whose Dirichlet boundary problem has been well studied. Known solutions to this theory include the Schwarzschild black hole and a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-21 Yu-Chen Ding , Towe Wang

We reduce the study of perturbations of rotating black holes in higher-derivative extensions of general relativity to a system of decoupled radial equations that stem from a set of universal Teukolsky equations. We detail a complete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-25 Pablo A. Cano , Kwinten Fransen , Thomas Hertog , Simon Maenaut

We study gravitational perturbations on the near-horizon region of extremal and near-extremal rotating black holes in a general higher-derivative extension of Einstein gravity. We find a decoupled modified Teukolsky equation that rules the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-24 Pablo A. Cano , Marina David

Rotating black hole solutions in the (3+1)-dimensional Chern-Simons modified gravity theory are discussed by taking account of perturbation around the Schwarzschild solution. The zenith-angle dependence of a metric function related to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Kohkichi Konno , Toyoki Matsuyama , Satoshi Tanda

In this paper, we explore the solutions of rotating black holes within the framework of de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley (dRGT) massive gravity. We provide a detailed, step-by-step analytical derivation of these solutions. Our solutions are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-17 Ping Li , Jiang-he Yang

We compute the most general leading-order correction to Kerr solution when the Einstein-Hilbert action is supplemented with higher-derivative terms, including the possibility of dynamical couplings controlled by scalars. The model we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-06 Pablo A. Cano , Alejandro Ruipérez

Chern-Simons gravity rotating Kerr-type black hole solutions are revisited from the point of view of their scalarization, namely examining the back reaction of pseudoscalar axion fields on the rotating geometry. To lowest order in an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-11 Nikos Chatzifotis , Panos Dorlis , Nick E. Mavromatos , Eleftherios Papantonopoulos

Quasinormal modes of rapidly rotating black holes are crucial in understanding the ringdown phase after a merger. While for Kerr black holes these modes have been known for a long time, their calculation has remained a challenge in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-22 Jose Luis Blázquez-Salcedo , Fech Scen Khoo , Burkhard Kleihaus , Jutta Kunz

We study near-horizon limits of near-extremal charged black hole solutions to five-dimensional $U(1)^3$ gauged supergravity carrying two charges, extending the recent work of Balasubramanian et.al. We show that there are two near-horizon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-07 R. Fareghbal , C. N. Gowdigere , A. E. Mosaffa , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

A promising extension of general relativity is Chern-Simons (CS) modified gravity, in which the Einstein-Hilbert action is modified by adding a parity-violating CS term, which couples to gravity via a scalar field. In this work, we consider…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-23 Tiberiu Harko , Zoltán Kovács , Francisco S. N. Lobo

Testing parity symmetry constitutes a critical aspect in gravitational physics. As a representative parity-violating theory, dynamical Chern-Simons (dCS) gravity has attracted significant attention in recent gravitational wave (GW) studies.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 Zhao Li , Wen Zhao

In this paper, we study rotating black holes in symmergent gravity, and use deviations from the Kerr black hole to constrain the parameters of the symmergent gravity. Symmergent gravity induces the gravitational constant $G$ and quadratic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-28 Reggie C. Pantig , Ali Övgün , Durmuş Demir