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The prediction of spacetime singularities, regions of infinite curvature where classical physics breaks down, is one of the most profound challenges in General Relativity (GR). In particular, black hole solutions such as the Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-18 Jose Pinedo Soto

This paper investigates a new black hole solution within the framework of bumblebee gravity, incorporating non-commutative corrections parameterized by $\Theta$ and implemented through the Moyal twist $\partial_r \wedge \partial_\theta$.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-17 A. A. Araújo Filho , N. Heidari , Iarley P. Lobo , Yuxuan Shi , Francisco S. N. Lobo

In this paper, we investigate the photon regions, shadow, and observational constraints of a Kerr-Newman-like black hole in Bumblebee gravity within a plasma medium. By employing a specific non-homogeneous power-law plasma model to ensure…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-28 Jian-Peng Zhang , Yu Zhang , Li Han

First sketch of black hole from M87 galaxy was obtained by Event Horizon Telescope, recently. As appearance of black hole shadow reflects space-time geometry of black holes, observations of black hole shadow may be a promising way to test…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-30 Zhe Chang , Qing-Hua Zhu

We present, in closed analytic form, a general stationary, slowly rotating black hole, which is solution to a large class of alternative theories of gravity in four dimensions. In these theories, the Einstein-Hilbert action is supplemented…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-27 Paolo Pani , Caio F. B. Macedo , Luis C. B. Crispino , Vitor Cardoso

We investigate Einstein-\AE ther gravity in light of the recent Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations of the M87*. The shape and size of the observed black hole shadow contains information of the geometry in its vicinity, and thus one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-20 Mohsen Khodadi , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

The first image of black hole in M87 galaxy taken by Event Horizon Telescope shows that directed observation of supermassive black holes would be a promising way to test general relativity in strong gravity field regime. In order to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-17 Zhe Chang , Qing-Hua Zhu

The spacetime singularities in classical general relativity predicted by the celebrated singularity theorems are formed at the end of gravitational collapse. Quantum gravity is the expected theory to resolve the singularity problem, but we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-15 Sushant G. Ghosh , Muhammed Amir , Sunil D. Maharaj

This work aims to explore the gravitational consequences of a recently proposed black hole solution presented in the literature [Phys. Dark Univ. 50 (2025) 102061]. We initiate our analyzes by taking into account the horizon structure,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-18 A. A. Araújo Filho , N. Heidari , Iarley P. Lobo

We investigate the shadow properties of a rotating black hole with a weakly coupled global monopole charge, using a modified Newman-Janis algorithm. This study explores how this charge and rotational effects shape the black hole's shadow,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-28 Mohsen Fathi

The study of astrophysical phenomena like black hole shadows is an effective approach to properly understand the modified gravity and explore its validity. Motivated by recent astrophysical observations, we consider a black hole (BH) in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-20 Khadije Jafarzade , Zeynab Bazyar , Mubasher Jamil

During the glorious success of the EHT in providing the first image of a black hole, numerous papers have been published about the effect of different astrophysical environments on black hole geometry. Motivated by the work on how…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-08 Reggie C. Pantig

Searching for violations of the no-hair theorem (NHT) is a powerful way to test gravity, and more generally fundamental physics, particularly with regards to the existence of additional scalar fields. The first observation of a black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-15 Mohsen Khodadi , Alireza Allahyari , Sunny Vagnozzi , David F. Mota

In this paper, we examine the physical consequences of a recently introduced black hole solution in bumblebee gravity [1]. The geometry is first presented and then reformulated through suitable coordinate adjustments, which make its global…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-02 A. A. Araújo Filho , N. Heidari , Iarley P. Lobo , V. B. Bezerra

Collaborative international efforts under the name of the Event Horizon Telescope project, using sub- mm very long baseline interferometry, are soon expected to provide the first images of the shadow cast by the candidate supermassive black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-26 Ziri Younsi , Alexander Zhidenko , Luciano Rezzolla , Roman Konoplya , Yosuke Mizuno

Symmergent gravity is the $R+R^2$ gravity theory which emerges in a way restoring gauge symmetries broken explicitly by the ultraviolet cutoff in effective field theories. To test symmergent gravity we construct novel black hole solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-09 İrfan Çimdiker , Durmuş Demir , Ali Övgün

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has guided strong-field gravitational physics by providing the first direct images of the supermassive black holes M87* and Sagittarius A*. The EHT observations offer unprecedented opportunities to test…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-16 Towheed Ahmad Nengroo , Shafqat Ul Islam , Sushant G. Ghosh

This study probes spacetime solutions within Einstein-Bumblebee gravity, a modified gravitational framework incorporating spontaneous Lorentz symmetry violation through a vector field mechanism. By introducing a cosmological constant into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-04 Reggie C. Pantig , Shubham Kala , Ali Övgün , Nikko John Leo S. Lobos

In this paper, we investigate the gravitational lensing effect and the shadow around a Schwarzschild-like black hole in metric-affine bumblebee gravity, which leads to the Lorentz symmetry breaking. We first present a generalized formalism…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-20 Xiao-Jun Gao

Detailed observations of phenomena involving black holes, be it via gravitational waves or more traditional electromagnetic means, can probe the strong field regime of the gravitational interaction. The prediction of features in such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-19 Andrew Sullivan , Nicolás Yunes , Thomas P. Sotiriou