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We construct a three-parameter family of smooth and horizonless rotating solutions of Einstein-Maxwell theory with Chern-Simons term in five dimensions and discuss their stringy origin in terms of three-charge brane systems in Type IIB and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-24 Massimo Bianchi , Giuseppe Dibitetto , Jose F. Morales , Alejandro Ruipérez

We study the stability of circular orbits in the background of a traversable wormhole (TWH) spacetime obtained as a solution of Einstein's field equations coupled conformally to a massless scalar field. The Lyapunov stability approach is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-26 Shobhit Giri , Hemwati Nandan , Lokesh Kumar Joshi , Sunil D. Maharaj

The physical properties of an axisymmetric black-hole-ring system are studied analytically within the framework of general relativity to second order in the dimensionless mass ratio $\mu\equiv m/M$. In particular, we analyze the asymptotic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-18 Shahar Hod

In this work, the trajectories of particles around a black bounce spacetime are considered, with the Simpson-Visser model serving as an example. Trajectories for massless and massive particles are obtained through the study of null and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-29 Marcos V. de S. Silva , Manuel E. Rodrigues

We consider null geodesics in the background of spherically symmetric object in Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton (EMD) theory with coupling function $f(\Phi)=e^{-2\lambda \Phi}$. The spherical solution is characteristically described by dilaton…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-30 Chawit Sakkawattana , Chatchai Promsiri , Supakchai Ponglertsakul

In this paper, we first consider null geodesics of a class of charged, spherical and asymptotically flat hairy black holes in an Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory with a non-minimal coupling for the scalar and electromagnetic fields.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-07 Qingyu Gan , Peng Wang , Houwen Wu , Haitang Yang

Photon rings are key targets for near-future space-based very-long baseline interferometry missions. The ratio of flux measured between successive light-rings is characterized by the Lyapunov exponents of the corresponding nearly-bound null…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-22 Alexander Deich , Nicolás Yunes , Charles Gammie

The exact solution to the Einstein equations that represents a static axially symmetric source deformed by an internal quadrupole is considered. By using the Poincare section method we numerically study the geodesic motion of test…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eduardo Gueron , Patricio S. Letelier

Photonspheres, curved hypersurfaces on which massless particles can perform closed geodesic motions around highly compact objects, are an integral part of generic black-hole spacetimes. In the present compact paper we prove, using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-01 Shahar Hod

Strong gravitational lensing from black holes results in the formation of relativistic images, in particular, relativistic Einstein rings. For objects with event horizons, the radius of the unstable light ring (photon sphere) is the lowest…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-21 Rajibul Shaikh , Pritam Banerjee , Suvankar Paul , Tapobrata Sarkar

In this study, we investigate the geodesic structure, gravitational lensing/mirroring phenomena, and scalar perturbations of deformed AdS-Schwarzschild black holes with global monopoles, incorporating both ordinary and phantom…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-18 Faizuddin Ahmed , Ahmad Al-Badawi , İzzet Sakallı

Non-singular horizonless ultracompact objects provide a simple resolution to the black holes singularity problem. It has been shown that, if these objects are compact enough to exhibit the presence of the light-ring required to mimic the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-22 Francesco Di Filippo

Using perturbative expansion in terms of powers of the rotation parameter $a$ we construct the axisymmetric and asymptotically flat black-hole metric in the $D$-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory. In five-dimensional spacetime we find…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-15 R. A. Konoplya , A. Zhidenko

A Weyl solution describing two Schwarzschild black holes is considered. We focus on the Z_2 invariant solution, with ADM mass M_{ADM}=2M_K, where M_K is the Komar mass of each black hole. For this solution the set of fixed points of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 Flavio S. Coelho , Carlos A. R. Herdeiro

Depending on five parameters, rotating counterparts of Einstein--Maxwell--dilaton black holes are derived. We discuss their physical and geometric properties and investigate their null and time-like geodesics including circular orbits. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-21 Mustapha Azreg-Aïnou , Sumarna Haroon , Mubasher Jamil , Muhammad Rizwan

We explore the chaotic behavior of particle motion in a black hole with quasi-topological electromagnetism. The chaos bound is found to be violated in the higher order expansion of the metric function and the electric potential near the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-02 Yu-Qi Lei , Xian-Hui Ge , Cheng Ran

Stable light rings, which are associated with spacetime instabilities, are known to exist in four-dimensional stationary axisymmetric spacetimes that solve the Einstein-Maxwell equations (so-called electrovacuum solutions, with Faraday…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-07 Jake O. Shipley

In this article we analyze the geodesics of test particles and light in the five dimensional (charged) doubly spinning black ring spacetime. Apparently it is not possible to separate the Hamilton-Jacobi-equation for (charged) doubly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-27 Saskia Grunau , Valeria Kagramanova , Jutta Kunz

In Ref. [1], the spacetime geometry generated by compact objects in $(2+1)$-dimensional Bopp-Podolsky electrodynamics is derived. Using a perturbative approach, the authors derived a charged BTZ-like black hole solution and computed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-16 Faizuddin Ahmed , Ahmad Al-Badawi , Abdelmalek Bouzenada , Erdem Sucu , İzzet Sakallı

In this work, we test the geometrical structure and thermodynamic properties of the Einstein-Maxwell-Power-Yang-Mills black hole (BH) models, which constitute a nonlinear generalization of the standard Einstein-Yang-Mills theory through the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-10 Abdelmalek Bouzenada , Allan. R. P. Moreira , Shi-Hai Dong , Guo-Hua Sun , Muhammad Sharif