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Considerable attention has recently focused on gravity theories obtained by extending general relativity with additional scalar, vector, or tensor degrees of freedom. In this paper, we show that the black-hole solutions of these theories…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dimitrios Psaltis , Delphine Perrodin , Keith R. Dienes , Irina Mocioiu

We construct asymptotically flat, spinning, regular on and outside an event horizon, scalarised black holes (SBHs) in extended scalar-tensor-Gauss-Bonnet models. They reduce to Kerr BHs when the scalar field vanishes. For an illustrative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-10 Pedro V. P. Cunha , Carlos A. R. Herdeiro , Eugen Radu

In this paper we study the qualitative features induces by corrections to GR coming from String Theory, on the shadows of rotating black holes. We deal with the slowly rotating black hole solutions up to order $\mathcal{O}(a^3)$, to first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-26 F. Agurto-Sepúlveda , J. Oliva , M. Oyarzo , D. R. G Schleicher

In this paper, we start from a static black hole (BH) immersed in a Deanne-type dark matter (DM) halo and employ the Newman-Janis algorithm (NJA) to generate the rotating black hole solution with a dark matter halo. Also, we have checked…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-29 Uktamjon Uktamov , Sanjar Shaymatov , Bobomurat Ahmedov , Chengxun Yuan

The black hole shadow, a direct probe of the event horizon's gravitational influence, has been observationally confirmed by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). While theoretical models of shadows in vacuum are mature, real astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-20 Sai Karan Mukthapuram , Sandeep Kumar Kataria

The linear-quadratic Generalized uncertainty principle (LQG) is consistent with predictions of a minimum measurable length and a maximum measurable momentum put forth by various theories of quantum gravity. The quantum gravity effect is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Sohan Kumar Jha

General Relativity predicts that the emission close to a black hole must be lensed by its strong gravitational field, illuminating the last photon orbit. This results in a dark circular area known as the black hole 'shadow'. The Event…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-02 Leonid Benkevitch , Kazunori Akiyama , Rusen Lu , Shepherd Doeleman , Vincent Fish

Black hole images are theoretically predicted (under mild astrophysical assumptions) to display a stack of lensed "photon rings" that carry information about the underlying spacetime geometry. Despite vigorous efforts, no such ring has been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-25 Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño , Alexandru Lupsasca

It is believed that curvature singularities are a creation of general relativity and hence, in the absence of a quantum gravity, models of nonsingular black holes have received significant attention. We study the shadow (apparent shape), an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-03 Muhammed Amir , Sushant G. Ghosh

The Kerr solution is the cornerstone of General Relativity (GR) for modelling astrophysical rotating black holes and for testing GR through gravitational-wave observations and black hole imaging. Understanding how the Kerr geometry is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-13 Jibril Ben Achour , Adolfo Cisterna , Hugo Roussille

We describe the possible forms of black hole images, viewed by a distant observer. These images are numerically calculated basing on general relativity and equations of motion in the Kerr-Newman metric. Black hole image is a gravitationally…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-27 Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dokuchaev

We examine several observable optical properties of a Skyrmion black hole (BH), focusing on the photon sphere, BH shadow, and photon trajectories. The Skyrme term, along with other geometric parameters of the spacetime, determines the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-09 Faizuddin Ahmed , Ahmad Al-Badawi , İzzet Sakallı

Under very general assumptions on the accretion flow geometry, images of a black hole illuminated by electromagnetic radiation display a sequence of photon rings (demagnified and rotated copies of the direct image) which asymptotically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-24 Maciek Wielgus

In this paper, we study and compare the optical and X-ray counterparts of subparsec supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs). With that aim, we simulated the profiles of optical spectral lines emitted from the broad line region (BLR) as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-29 P. Jovanović , S. Simić , V. Borka Jovanović , D. Borka , L. Č. Popović

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

We propose a new method to determine the physical parameters of Kerr black holes (namely, specific angular momentum $a$, inclination angle $i$, and distance $D$ from an observer) only from the shadow's information such as the size and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-20 Kenta Hioki , Umpei Miyamoto

Recent observations indicate that many if not all galaxies host massive central black holes (BHs). In this paper we explore the influence of supermassive binary black holes (SMBBHs) on their actions as gravitational lenses. When lenses are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Nan Li , Shude Mao , Liang Gao , Abraham Loeb , R. Di Stefano

The recent time witnessed a surge of interest in strong gravitational lensing by black holes is due to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) results, which suggest comparing the black hole lensing in both general relativity and heterotic string…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-25 Sushant G. Ghosh , Rahul Kumar , Shafqat Ul Islam

We study supermassive black holes (SMBH), surrounded by a dark matter (DM) spike, that can be found at the centers of Milky Way and $\text{M87}$ galaxies and are accompanied by a specific kind of topological defect. The investigation is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-17 Salvatore Capozziello , Soroush Zare , Luis M. Nieto , Hassan Hassanabadi

We examine the shadow cast by a Kerr black hole, focusing on constraints on photons corresponding to different shadow boundaries. The photons are related to different orbital ranges and impact parameter values, creating a map of the shadow…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-24 D. Pugliese , Z. Stuchlık