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We investigate the strong gravitational lensing of spherically symmetric black holes in the novel Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet(EGB) gravity surrounded by unmagnetised plasma medium. The deflection angle in the strong deflection limit in EGB…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-26 Xing-Hua Jin , Yuan-Xing Gao , Dao-Jun Liu

We study Bardeen-like regular black holes without Cauchy horizons via gravitational lensing. In the weak field, the deflection angle receives a positive $\ell$-dependent correction, producing a slightly larger Einstein ring. For the galaxy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-15 Limei Yuan , Chen-Hung Hsiao , Yidun Wan

This study explores novel static, neutral black hole solutions within Kalb-Ramond (KR) gravity in asymptotically (anti-)de Sitter [(A)dS] spacetimes, incorporating spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking (LSB) via an antisymmetric tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-27 Reggie C. Pantig , Ali Övgün

The physics associated with spherically symmetric charged black holes is analyzed from the point of view of using weak gravitational lensing as a means for determining the dimensionality of spacetime. In particular, for exact solutions of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-01-28 Jop Briet , David Hobill

Effective field theory (EFT) provides a systematic framework for parametrizing possible higher-energy corrections to general relativity through higher-curvature interactions. In this work, we investigate gravitational lensing in both weak-…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-28 Takamasa Kanai

Observational measurements of the relationship between supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and the properties of their host galaxies are an important method for probing theoretical hierarchical growth models. Gravitational lensing is a unique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Judd D. Bowman , Jacqueline N. Hewitt , James R. Kiger

In this work the space-time geometry of the halo region in spiral galaxies is obtained considering the observed flat galactic rotation curve feature, invoking the Tully-Fisher relation and assuming the presence of cold dark matter in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-15 Samrat Ghosh , Arunava Bhadra , Amitabha Mukhopadhyay

We consider a time-like geodesics in the background of rotating Einstein-Born-Infeld (EBI) black hole to examine the horizon and ergosphere structure. The effective potential that governs the particle's motion in the spacetime and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-11 Gulmina Zaman Babar , Farruh Atamurotov , Shafqat Ul Islam , Sushant G. Ghosh

In this paper we investigate the strong gravitational lensing with Gauss-Bonnet gravity. By considering the logarithmic term for deflection angle, we obtain the deflection angle $\hat\alpha$ and corresponding parameters $\bar{a}$ and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-17 J. Sadeghi , H. Vaez

We study strong gravitational lensing by a class of static wormhole geometries. Analytical approaches to the same are developed, and the results differ substantially from strong lensing by black holes, first reported by Bozza. We consider…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-07 Rajibul Shaikh , Pritam Banerjee , Suvankar Paul , Tapobrata Sarkar

Gravitational lensing is a well known phenomenon predicted by the General Theory of Relativity. It is now a well-developed observational technique in astronomy and is considered to be a fundamental tool for acquiring information about the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. De Paolis , A. Geralico , G. Ingrosso , A. A. Nucita , A. Qadir

Recent times witnessed a surge of interest in strong gravitational lensing by black holes due to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) results, which suggest comparing the black hole lensing in general relativity and modified gravity theories.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-30 Shafqat Ul Islam , Sushant G. Ghosh

The gravitational lensing effects in the weak gravitational field by exotic lenses have been investigated intensively to find nonluminous exotic objects. Gravitational lensing based on 1/r^n fall-off metric, as a one-parameter model that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-25 Naoki Tsukamoto , Takao Kitamura , Koki Nakajima , Hideki Asada

Among the several modified/extended gravity paradigms, the concept of antisymmetric connections leading to space-time torsion can be traced back to Cartan. More recently, developments in string theory have suggested the existence of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-01 Parangam Goswami , Anshuman Baruah , Atri Deshamukhya

We study gravitational lensing of light by hairy black holes, which, in a certain parameter regime, can possess two photon spheres of different size outside the event horizon. In particular, we focus on higher-order images of a point-like…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-13 Guangzhou Guo , Xin Jiang , Peng Wang , Houwen Wu

Strong lensing has developed into an important astrophysical tool for probing both cosmology and galaxies (their structure, formation, and evolution). Using the gravitational lensing theory and cluster mass distribution model, we try to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Shuo Cao , Yu Pan , Marek Biesiada , Wlodzimierz Godlowski , Zong-Hong Zhu

Gravitational lensing caused by the gravitational field of massive objects has been studied and acknowledged for a long period of time. In this paper, however, we propose a different mechanism where the bending of light stems from the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-21 O. Gurtug , M. Mangut , M. Halilsoy

The inner regions of active galaxies host the most extreme and energetic phenomena in the universe including, relativistic jets, supermassive black hole binaries, and recoiling supermassive black holes. However, many of these sources cannot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-19 Anna Barnacka

We study gravitational lensing by the Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger (GMGHS) charged black hole of heterotic string theory and obtain the angular position and magnification of the relativistic images. Modeling the supermassive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Bhadra

We generalize our previous work on gravitational lensing by a Kerr black hole in the strong deflection limit, removing the restriction to observers on the equatorial plane. Starting from the Schwarzschild solution and adding corrections up…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Bozza , F. De Luca , G. Scarpetta