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The non-detection of dark matter (DM) particles in increasingly stringent laboratory searches has encouraged alternative gravity theories where gravity is sourced only from visible matter. Here, we consider whether such theories can pass a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-05 Mandy C. Chen , Tom Broadhurst , Jeremy Lim , Sandor M. Molnar , Jose M. Diego , Masamune Oguri , Lilian L. Lee

We study the optical appearance of a thin accretion disk around compact objects within the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Considering static spherically symmetric black holes and naked singularities we search for characteristic signatures…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-27 Galin Gyulchev , Petya Nedkova , Tsvetan Vetsov , Stoytcho Yazadjiev

In this paper, we delve into the gravitational lensing and photon trajectories in the vicinity of non-asymptotically flat black hole spacetimes within the framework of dRGT massive gravity, incorporating a non-zero graviton mass. We assume…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-16 Haximjan Abdusattar , Yu-Xuan Han , Abdujappar Rusul , Shi-Bei Kong

In this work, the wave optics is employed to investigate the Einstein ring of a deformed AdS-Schwarzschild black hole (BH). When the source is fixed on the AdS boundary, one can obtain the corresponding response function generated on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-16 Jin-Yu Gui , Xiao-Xiong Zeng , Ke-Jian He , Huan Ye

In this paper, we investigate the Einstein-Hayward gravity coupled to a complex scalar field without self-interaction. Using numerical methods, we construct a class of Hayward boson star solutions and examine their fundamental properties as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-28 Zhen-Hua Zhao , Yi-Ning Gu , Shu-Cong Liu , Zi-Qian Liu , Yong-Qiang Wang

In this paper, we study the gravitational lensing effects of non-linear electrodynamic black holes. Non-linear electrodynamic black holes serve as typical models for multi-event horizon black holes. Depending on the choice of metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-18 Siyuan Hui , Benrong Mu , Peng Wang

We study the problem of gravitational lensing by an isothermal elliptical density galaxy in the presence of a tidal perturbation. When the perturbation is fairly strong and oriented near the galaxy's minor axis, the lens can produce image…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. R. Keeton , S. Mao , H. J. Witt

We study a class of gravitational lensing systems consisting of an inclined ring/belt, with and without an added point mass at the centre. We show that a common feature of such systems are so-called "pseudo-caustics", across which the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Ethan Lake , Zheng Zheng

We report the discovery of an optical Einstein Ring in the Sculptor constellation, IAC J010127-334319, in the vicinity of the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy. It is an almost complete ring ($\sim 300^{\circ}$) with a diameter of $\sim…

It is known that a relative translational motion between the deflector and the observer affects gravitational lensing. In this paper, a lens equation is obtained to describe such effects on actual lensing observables. Results can be easily…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Sereno

A static and circularly symmetric lens characterized by mass and scalar charge parameters is constructed. For the small values of the scalar charge to the mass ratio, the gravitational lensing is qualitatively similar to the case of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 K. S. Virbhadra , D. Narasimha , S. M. Chitre

The strong galaxy-galaxy lensing produces highly magnified and distorted images of background galaxies in the form of arcs and Einstein rings. Statistically, these effects are quantified, for example, in the number counts of highly luminous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-08 Vanessa P. de Freitas , Martin Makler , Habib S. Dúmet-Montoya

We assess a claim that observed galaxy clusters with mass ~10^14 Msun are more centrally concentrated than predicted in LCDM. We generate mock strong gravitational lensing observations, taking the lenses from a cosmological hydrodynamical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-02 Andrew Robertson , Richard Massey , Vincent Eke

We investigate the gravitational lensing effect around a spherically symmetric black hole, whose metric is obtained from the Einstein field equation with electric charge and perfect-fluid dark matter contributing to its energy-momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-13 Xiao-Jun Gao , Xiao-kun Yan , Yihao Yin , Ya-Peng Hu

We study gravitational lensing by a class of zero Ricci scalar wormholes which arise as solutions in a scalar-tensor theory of gravity. An attempt is made to find a possible link between lensing features, stable/unstable photon orbits and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-29 Rajibul Shaikh , Sayan Kar

This study, situated within the framework of the AdS/CFT correspondence, employs wave optics methods to investigate the Einstein ring structure of quantum corrected AdS Reissner Nordstr$\ddot{o}$m black holes governed by Euler Heisenberg…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-23 Abhishek Baruah , Prabwal Phukon

By utilizing the AdS/CFT correspondence, we investigate the holographic image of an AdS black hole in Einstein-power-Yang-Mills gravity. The AdS boundary hosts a Gaussian oscillation source, which induces a lensed response on the opposite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-20 Xin-Yun Hu , Ke-Jian He , Xiao-Xiong Zeng

We construct a model for galactic dark matter that arises as a solution of Einstein gravity, and is a Bertrand space-time matched with an external Schwarzschild metric. This model can explain galactic rotation curves. Further, we study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-11-13 Dipanjan Dey , Kaushik Bhattacharya , Tapobrata Sarkar

We propose the novel method of ``gravitational imaging'' to detect and quantify luminous and dark-matter substructure in gravitational-lens galaxies. The method utilizes highly-magnified Einstein rings and arcs as sensitive probes of small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 L. V. E. Koopmans

The study of light lensed by cosmic matter has yielded much information about astrophysical questions. Observations are explained using geometrical optics following a ray-based description of light. After deflection the lensed light…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-22 Valeria Rodriguez-Fajardo , Thao P. Nguyen , Kiyan S. Hocek , Jacob M. Freedman , Enrique J. Galvez