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Astrophysical black holes arise as exact solutions of the Einstein field equations. Therefore, any alternative, such as a gravastar, must satisfy the same level of mathematical rigor and internal consistency. A physically viable gravastar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Farook Rahaman , Bikramarka S. Choudhury , Aritra Sanyal , Anikul Islam , Bidisha Samanta

This paper examines the structure of a gravitationally vacuum star (also known as gravastar) in the background of ${f}(\Re,\mathcal{T}^{2})$ theory. This hypothetical object can be treated as a substitute of a black hole, with three…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-16 M. Sharif , Saba Naz

One of the very small number of serious alternatives to the usual concept of an astrophysical black hole is the "gravastar" model developed by Mazur and Mottola; and a related phase-transition model due to Laughlin et al. We consider a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-04-17 Celine Cattoen , Tristan Faber , Matt Visser

We propose a new model of a {\it gravastar} admitting conformal motion. While retaining the framework of the Mazur-Mottola model, the gravastar is assumed to be internally charged, with an exterior defined by a Reissner-Nordstr{\"o}m rather…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-06 A A Usmani , Farook Rahaman , Saibal Ray , K K Nandi , Peter K. F. Kuhfittig , Sk. A Rakib , Z Hasan

In the last few decades, gravastars have been proposed as an alternative to black holes. The stability of the gravastar has been studied in many modified theories of gravity along with Einstein's GR. The $f(Q,T)$ gravity, a successfully…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-09 Sneha Pradhan , Debasmita Mohanty , P. K. Sahoo

This paper investigates the gravastar model as a potential alternative to black holes, utilizing the Kuchowicz metric in the context of Rastall gravity. The model comprises three distinct regions: an interior with positive energy density…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-25 Tayyab Naseer , M. Sharif , Areej Tabassum

In this paper, we investigate a new model of $(2+1)-$dimensional ($3D$) gravitational vacuum stars (gravastars) with an isotropic matter distribution anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime in the context of massive gravity. For this purpose, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-30 H. Barzegar , B. Eslam Panah , G. H. Bordbar , M. Bigdeli

This paper studies the effects of charge on a peculiar stellar object, recognized as gravastar, under the influence of $f(R,T)$ gravity by considering the conjecture of Mazur and Mottola in general relativity. The gravastar is also known as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-27 M. Sharif , Arfa Waseem

This paper investigates the influence of charge on physical features of gravastars in the framework of energy-momentum squared gravity. A gravastar is an alternate model to a black hole that comprises of three distinct regions, namely the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-06 M. Sharif , Saba Naz

Gravastars are configurations of compact singularity-free gravitational objects which are interesting alternatives to classical solutions in the strong gravitational field regime. Although there are no static star-like solutions of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-03 Alejandro Cabo Montes de Oca , Duvier Suarez Fontanella , David Valls-Gabaud

This paper discusses the configuration of gravitational vacuum star or gravastar with the impact of geometry and matter coupling present in $f(R,T)$ gravity. The gravastar is also conceptualized as a substitute for a black hole which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-07 M. Sharif , Arfa Waseem

The existence of cosmological compact objects with very strong gravity is a prediction of General Relativity and an exact solution of the Einstein equations. These objects are called black holes and recently we had the first observations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-09 Ioannis Antoniou

Dynamical models of prototype gravastars made of anisotropic dark energy are constructed, in which an infinitely thin spherical shell of a perfect fluid with the equation of state $p = (1-\gamma)\sigma$ divides the whole spacetime into two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-21 R. Chan , M. F. A. da Silva , P. Rocha

This manuscript explores the gravastar model in the $f(R,\Sigma,T)$ gravity framework, with the help of Kuchowicz metric funcition, offering an alternative to black holes. A gravastar has three regions: interior, intermediate shell, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-05 Bharat Singh , S. Surendra Singh

We construct a gravastar configuration within the Shtanov-Sahni (SS) braneworld scenario, characterized by a timelike extra dimension and negative brane tension. Unlike classical black holes, which inevitably culminate in central curvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-25 Shounak Ghosh , Rikpratik Sengupta , Kazuharu Bamba

In this article, we are reporting for the first time the existence of gravastar configurations in the framework of K(R,T)-gravity, which can be treated as an alternative to a black hole (Mazur and Mottola). This strengthens how much this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-22 GRP Teruel , Ksh. Newton Singh , Tanmoy Chowdhury , Farook Rahaman , Monimala Mondal

One of the main challenges in astronomy is the direct observation of black holes. However, differentiating them from black holes through photon observations can be difficult if Ultra-Compact Objects with unstable circular photon orbits…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-06 M. A. Anacleto , A. T. N. Silva , L. Casarini

In this paper we investigate the gravitational vacuum stars which called gravastars in the non-minimally coupled models with electromagnetic and gravitational fields. We consider two non-minimal models and find the corresponding spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-18 Özcan Sert , Muzaffer Adak

A new model of gravastar is obtained in $D$-dimensional Einstein gravity. This class of solutions includes the gravastar as an alternative to D-dimensional versions of the Schwarzschild-Tangherlini black hole. The configuration of this new…

General Physics · Physics 2014-06-04 Farook Rahaman , Subenoy Chakraborty , Saibal Ray , A. A. Usmani , Safiqul Islam

This study explores the effect of charge on a special astronomical object known as a gravastar, which is viewed as an alternative to a black hole. Based on the conjecture put out by Mazur and Mottola in general relativity, the study…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-01 Faisal Javed , Arfa Waseem , G. Mustafa , Fairouz Tchier , Farruh Atamurotov , Bobomurat Ahmedov , Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov