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In Einstein-scalar-Maxwell theories with a coupling between the scalar field $\phi$ and the electromagnetic field strength $F$ of the form $\mu(\phi) F$, we investigate the existence of exotic compact objects (ECOs) and their observational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-02 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Tsujikawa

Superradiantly unstable ultralight particles around a classical rotating black hole (BH) can form an exponentially growing bosonic cloud, which have been shown to provide an astrophysical probe to detect ultralight particles and constrain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-15 Lihang Zhou , Richard Brito , Zhan-Feng Mai , Lijing Shao

The physical properties of bound-state charged massive scalar field configurations linearly coupled to a spherically symmetric charged reflecting shell are studied {\it analytically}. To that end, we solve the Klein-Gordon wave equation for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-22 Shahar Hod

Ultracompact objects with light-rings (LRs) but without an event horizon could mimic black holes (BHs) in their strong gravity phenomenology. But are such objects dynamically viable? Stationary and axisymmetric ultracompact objects that can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-10 Pedro V. P. Cunha , Carlos Herdeiro , Eugen Radu , Nicolas Sanchis-Gual

In this paper, we provide a simple and modern discussion of rotational superradiance based on quantum field theory. We work with an effective theory valid at scales much larger than the size of the spinning object responsible for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-07 Solomon Endlich , Riccardo Penco

Off-equatorial circular orbits with constant latitudes (halo orbits) of electrically charged particles exist near compact objects. In the previous paper, we discussed this kind of motion and demonstrated the existence of minima of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-05-19 Jiri Kovar , Ondrej Kopacek , Vladimir Karas , Zdenek Stuchlik

Spinning Kerr black holes are known to be superradiantly unstable to massive scalar perturbations. We here prove that the instability regime of the composed Kerr-black-hole-massive-scalar-field system is bounded from above by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-22 Shahar Hod

Highly curved spacetimes of compact astrophysical objects are known to possess light rings (null circular geodesics) with {\it discrete} radii on which massless particles can perform closed circular motions. In the present compact paper, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-15 Shahar Hod

In this article, we attempt to find a singularity free solution of Einstein's field equations for compact stellar objects, precisely strange (quark) stars, considering Schwarzschild metric as the exterior spacetime. To this end, we consider…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-19 Debabrata Deb , Sourav Roy Chowdhury , Saibal Ray , Farook Rahaman , B. K. Guha

A (charged) rotating black hole may be unstable against a (charged) massive scalar field perturbation due to the existence of superradiance modes. The stability property depends on the parameters of the system. In this paper, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-02 Jia-Mao Lin , Ming-Jian Luo , Zi-Han Zheng , Lei Yin , Jia-Hui Huang

Classical phenomenological aspects of acoustic perturbations on a draining bathtub geometry where a surface with reflectivity $\mathcal{R}$ is set at a small distance from the would-be acoustic horizon, which is excised, are addressed. Like…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-17 Carlos A. R. Herdeiro , Nuno M. Santos

This article delves into the observational signatures and theoretical underpinnings of rotating astrophysical objects, with a particular focus on superspinars -exotic objects characterized by the absence of event horizons due to their high…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-03 Ramon Torres

Utilizing an ansatz developed by Maurya and co-workers we present a class of exact solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell field equations describing a spherically symmetric compact object. A detailed physical analysis of these solutions in terms…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-02 S. K. Maurya , M. Govender

Dense random packings of hard particles are useful models of granular media and are closely related to the structure of nonequilibrium low-temperature amorphous phases of matter. Most work has been done for random jammed packings of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Y. Jiao , F. H. Stillinger , S. Torquato

A co-rotating bosonic field interacting with a spinning Kerr black hole can extract rotational energy and angular momentum from the hole. This intriguing phenomenon is known as superradiant scattering. As pointed out by Press and Teukolsky,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Shahar Hod

The optical appearance of a body compact enough to feature an unstable bound orbit, when surrounded by an accretion disk, is expected to be dominated by a luminous ring of radiation enclosing a central brightness depression typically known…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-25 Gonzalo J. Olmo , João Luís Rosa , Diego Rubiera-Garcia , Diego Sáez-Chillón Gómez

In this exposition, we seek solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell field equations in the presence of a massive scalar field cast in the Brans-Dicke (BD) formalism which describes charged anisotropic strange stars. The interior spacetime is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-08 S. K. Maurya , Ksh. Newton Singh , M. Govender , Abdelghani Errehymy

We analyze the influence of extra dimensions on the static equilibrium configurations and stability against radial perturbations. For this purpose, we solve stellar structure equations and radial perturbation equations, both modified for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-18 José D. V. Arbañil , Geanderson A. Carvalho , Ronaldo V. Lobato , Rubens M. Marinho , Manuel Malheiro

In this work, we present a new type of scalar clouds supported by spherically symmetric horizonless compact objects in the scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theory. Unlike the previous spontaneous scalarization that is triggered by the tachyonic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-21 Shao-Jun Zhang

Rapidly rotating bodies moving in curved space-time experience the so-called spin-curvature force, which becomes important for the motion of compact objects in gravitational-wave inspirals. As a first approximation, this effect is captured…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-10 Vojtěch Witzany , Gabriel Andres Piovano