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Near-horizon conformal structure of a massive Schwarzschild black hole of mass M is analyzed using a scalar field as a simple probe of the background geometry. The near-horizon dynamics is governed by an operator which is related to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Kumar S. Gupta

In this work we investigate the thermodynamic properties of conformal gravity in four dimensions. We compute the \emph{area(or entropy) functional} relation for this black hole. We consider both de-Sitter (dS) and anti de-Sitter (AdS)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-02 Parthapratim Pradhan

We study conformally-invariant theories of gravity in six dimensions. In four dimensions, there is a unique such theory that is polynomial in the curvature and its derivatives, namely Weyl-squared, and furthermore all solutions of Einstein…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-21 H. Lu , Y. Pang , C. N. Pope

We investigate the relationship between the mass of the central supermassive black hole, M_bh, and the host galaxy luminosity, L_gal, in a sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7). We use composite…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Salviander , G. A. Shields , E. W. Bonning

We present a new stellar dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the compact elliptical galaxy NGC 4486B, based on integral field spectroscopy with JWST/NIRSpec. The two-dimensional kinematic maps reveal a resolved…

We study electrically charged, static, spherically symmetric black holes in quadratic gravity using the conformal-to-Kundt technique, which leads to a considerable simplification of the field equations. We study the solutions using a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-10 Vojtech Pravda , Alena Pravdova , George Turner

We present a black hole effect by strategically leveraging a conformal mapping in elastic continuum with curved-space framework, which is less stringent compared to a Schwarzschild model transformed to isotropic refractive index profiles.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Dongwoo Lee , Yiran Hao , Jeonghoon Park , Yaxi Shen , Jensen Li , Junsuk Rho

We investigate black hole (BH) solutions embedded in a dark matter (DM) halo, modeled as extensions of the Schwarzschild metric. The DM density profile is constrained by Hubble Space Telescope data, stellar dynamics, and globular cluster…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-11 Francisco S. N. Lobo , Jorde A. A. Ramos , Manuel E. Rodrigues

We study the threshold of gravitational collapse in spherically symmetric spacetimes governed by the Einstein-Maxwell-Vlasov equations. We numerically construct solutions describing a collapsing distribution of charged matter that either…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 William E. East

In this work, we consider a rotating charged black hole surrounded by perfect fluid dark matter. We consider the system to be immersed in non-magnetised, pressureless plasma. First, we evaluate the null geodesics in order to study the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-06 Anish Das , Ashis Saha , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

Gravitational wave astronomy has opened an unprecedented window onto tests of gravity and fundamental physics in the strong-field regime. In this study, we examine a series of well-motivated deviations from the classical Kerr solution of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-07 Zhe Zhao , Swarnim Shashank , Debtroy Das , Cosimo Bambi

In this paper we have investigated the dynamics of neutral, electrically charged and magnetized particles around renormalized group improved (RGI) Schwarzschild black hole in the presence of external asymptotically uniform magnetic field.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-02 Javlon Rayimbaev , Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov , Mubasher Jamil , Bobomurat Ahmedov , Wen-Biao Han

We use a 0-brane to probe a ten-dimensional near-extremal black hole with N units of 0-brane charge. We work directly in the dual strongly-coupled quantum mechanics, using mean-field methods to describe the black hole background…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Norihiro Iizuka , Daniel Kabat , Gilad Lifschytz , David A. Lowe

We present the geodesical completion of the Schwarzschild black hole in four dimensions which covers the entire space in (u,v) Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates, including the spacetime behind the black and white hole singularities. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-13 Ignacio J. Araya , Itzhak Bars , Albin James

We are developing a general, unified, and rigorous analytical framework for using gravitational lensing by compact objects to test different theories of gravity beyond the weak-deflection limit. In this paper we present the formalism for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Charles R. Keeton , A. O. Petters

We consider a static, spherically symmetric space-time with an electric field arising from a quadratic metric-affine extension of General Relativity. Such a space-time is free of singularities in the centre of the black holes, while at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-17 Ivan De Martino , Riccardo Della Monica , Diego Rubiera-Garcia

The Event Horizon Telescope, a global submillimeter wavelength very long baseline interferometry array, produced the first image of supermassive black hole M87* showing a ring of diameter $\theta_d= 42\pm 3\,\mu$as, inferred a black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-18 Rahul Kumar , Amit Kumar , Sushant G. Ghosh

In this work, we explore black hole and regular black hole solutions in the recently proposed Conformal Killing Gravity (CKG). This theory is of third order in the derivatives of the metric tensor and essentially satisfies three theoretical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-07 José Tarciso S. S. Junior , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Manuel E. Rodrigues

The unprecedented image of the M87* supermassive black hole has sparked some controversy over its usefulness as a test of the general relativistic Kerr metric. The criticism is mainly related to the black hole's quasi-circular shadow and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-22 Kostas Glampedakis , George Pappas

The integration of non-commutative geometry and Gauss-Bonnet corrections in an action and the study of their black hole responses can provide highly intriguing insights. Our primary motivation for this study is to understand the interplay…

General Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Mohammad Ali S. Afshar , Jafar Sadeghi