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We study scattering of polarized light by a rotating (Kerr) black hole of the mass M and the angular momentum J. In order to keep trace of the polarization dependence of photon trajectories one can use the following dimensionless parameter:…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 Valeri P. Frolov , Andrey A. Shoom

The nature of gravitational waves in a generalized gravitation theory is investigated. The linearized field equations and the metric tensor quadrupole moment power and the decrease in radius of an inspiralling binary system of two compact…

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Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG) is a theory that does not require dark components to describe astrophysical data. We aim at constraining the free parameters of STVG based on recent observations of the jet in M87. We derive the equations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-31 Federico G. Lopez Armengol , Gustavo E. Romero

In this work, we study circular motions of charged particles and their polarized images around the Kerr black hole immersed in a weak magnetic field. We pay special attention to the case that both the magnetic field and the charge-to-mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-19 Tsai-Chen Lee , Zezhou Hu , Minyong Guo , Bin Chen

We consider the cosmological consequences of a special scalar-tensor-vector theory of gravity, known as MOG (for MOdified Gravity), proposed to address the dark matter problem. This theory introduces two scalar fields $G(x)$ and $\mu(x)$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-14 Sara Jamali , Mahmood Roshan , Luca Amendola

We have studied influence of STVG in circular motion of massive particle around the Schwarzschild-MOG black hole and discussed the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) and Marginally Bound Orbit (MBO) position of massive test particle.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-07 B. Turimov , A. Nosirov , A. Abdujabbarov

This study investigates polarized images of an equatorial synchrotron-emitting ring surrounding hairy black holes within the Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory. Our analysis demonstrates qualitative similarities between the polarization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-10 Yiqian Chen , Lang Cheng , Peng Wang , Haitang Yang

This paper aims to investigate the scattering of fermions by spherically symmetric MOG black holes, which are a type of black holes encountered in scalar-tensor-vector modified gravitational theories. After determining the scattering modes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-27 Ciprian A. Sporea

We study synchrotron polarization in spatially resolved horizon-scale images, such as those produced by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). In both general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations as well as simplified models of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-29 George N. Wong , Andrew Chael , Alexandru Lupsasca , Eliot Quataert

We present calculations for the anticipated shadow sizes of Sgr A* and the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 in the context of the MOG modified theory of gravity (also known as Scalar-Tensor-Vector-Gravity, or STVG). We demonstrate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-23 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

The recent data release by the Planck satellite collaboration presents a renewed challenge for modified theories of gravitation. Such theories must be capable of reproducing the observed angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-28 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

Scalar Tensor Vector Gravity(STVG) is one of modified gravity theories developed by John Moffat(2005). MOG is abbreviated name for this theory.It can explain a galactic rotation curve and the structure formation without dark matter. It can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-02-21 Takayuki Suzuki

The effects of strong gravity on the polarization of the Compton reflection from an X-ray illuminated accretion disc are studied. The gravitational field of a rotating black hole influences Stokes parameters of the radiation along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Dovciak , V. Karas , G. Matt

We study the shadows cast by near-extremal Kerr-MOG black holes for different values of the parameter in modified gravity (MOG). In particular, we consider an isotropic emitter orbiting near such black holes and analytically compute the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-12 Minyong Guo , Niels A. Obers , Haopeng Yan

We discuss the effects of strong gravity on the polarization properties of a black hole accretion disc. The intrinsic polarization is computed taking into account light scattered on the disc surface and using different approximations. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Karas , M. Dovciak , G. Matt

We investigate the polarization properties of the direct images of a geometrically and optically thin accretion disk around fully self-consistent models of rotating Kerr black holes with synchronized bosonic hair. The presence of a massive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-06 Valentin O. Deliyski , Galin N. Gyulchev , Daniela D. Doneva , Petya G. Nedkova , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

We investigate the polarized images of an equatorial emitting ring around a Konoplya-Zhidenko rotating non-Kerr black hole, which introduces an additional deformation parameter. The deformation parameter $\eta$ allows the spin parameter to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-30 Xin Qin , Fen Long , Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing

We present firstly equation of motion for the photon coupled to Weyl tensor in a Kerr black hole spacetime and then study further the corresponding strong gravitational lensing. We find that black hole rotation makes propagation of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-19 Songbai Chen , Shangyun Wang , Yang Huang , Jiliang Jing , Shiliang Wang

As an alternative to the LCDM concordance model, Scalar-Tensor-Vector Modified Gravity (MOG) theory reproduces key cosmological observations without postulating the presence of an exotic dark matter component. MOG is a field theory based on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-17 Viktor T. Toth

A regular rotating MOG (modified gravity) compact object is derived that reduces to the Kerr black hole when the parameter $\alpha=0$. Physical consequences of the dark compact object, which is regular everywhere in spacetime for $\alpha >…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-15 J. W. Moffat