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The observation of gravitational waves has inaugurated a new era for testing gravitational theories in strong-field, nonlinear regimes. Gravitational waves emit during the ringdown phase of binary black hole mergers and from extreme mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-24 Rong-Zhen Guo , Hongwei Tan , Qing-Guo Huang

A perturbative method to compute the deflection angle of both timelike and null rays in arbitrary static and spherically symmetric spacetimes in the strong field limit is proposed. The result takes a quasi-series form of $(1-b_c/b)$ where…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-07 Junji Jia , Ke Huang

In this work, we investigate geodesics and black hole shadows in the Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson spacetime. We show that the equations of motion for null geodesics are separable and admit analytical treatment, whereas timelike geodesics are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Xinyu Wang , Yehui Hou , Xi Wan , Minyong Guo , Bin Chen

We analyze gravitational lensing and their cast images from thin-disks in shadow observations of a family of spherically symmetric black hole solutions previously derived within the framework of Loop Quantum Gravity. Such black holes depend…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-10 David J. Patiño Pomares , Diego Rubiera-Garcia

The general parametrization for spacetimes of spherically symmetric Lorentzian, traversable wormholes in an arbitrary metric theory of gravity is presented. The parametrization is similar in spirit to the post-Newtonian parametrized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-22 Kirill A. Bronnikov , Roman A. Konoplya , Thomas D. Pappas

Using the general parametrization of spherically symmetric and asymptotically flat black holes in arbitrary metric theories of gravity and implying that: a) the post-Newtonian constraints are taken into account and b) basic astrophysically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-10 R. A. Konoplya , A. Zhidenko

We propose a two-parameter, static and spherically symmetric regular geometry, which, for specific parameter values represents a regular black hole. The matter required to support such spacetimes within the framework of General Relativity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-02 Anjan Kar , Sayan Kar

We investigate the shadow of Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson black holes (KBRBHs), which have a deviation parameter $B$ that captures the effect of an external magnetic field on the spacetime geometry. These spacetimes of Petrov type $D$ are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-28 Heena Ali , Sushant G. Ghosh

In this paper, we introduce a new approach to study the behavior of the photon sphere and shadow radius. Our method uses extended gravitational decoupling and reveals two important analytic results. First, the additional matter field alters…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-04 Vitalii Vertogradov , Ali Övgün

We propose a new parametric framework to describe in generic metric theories of gravity the spacetime of spherically symmetric and slowly rotating black holes. In contrast to similar approaches proposed so far, we do not use a Taylor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-09 Luciano Rezzolla , Alexander Zhidenko

In this Letter, we have developed a numerically efficient framework for evaluating parameters in metric theories of gravity, and applied it to constrain the horizon-scale magnetic field in the Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson (Kerr-BR) spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Wentao Liu , Yang Liu , Di Wu , Yu-Xiao Liu

In a recent work PRD 106, L021501 (2022), a new geometric approach is proposed to obtain the photon sphere (circular photon orbit) and the black hole shadow radius. In this approach, photon spheres and the black hole shadow radius are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-11 Chen-Kai Qiao

We investigate cosmology-driven modifications to Schwarzschild-like black hole spacetimes and analyze their impact on photon propagation, gravitational lensing, and shadow observation. The gravitational deflection angle is computed using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-19 Ritesh Pandey , Shubham Kala , Amare Abebe , Hemwati Nandan , G. G. L. Nashed

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

Black hole solutions in general relativity are simple. The frequency spectrum of linear perturbations around these solutions (i.e., the quasinormal modes) is also simple, and therefore it is a prime target for fundamental tests of black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-09 Vitor Cardoso , Masashi Kimura , Andrea Maselli , Emanuele Berti , Caio F. B. Macedo , Ryan McManus

Recently, we proposed a novel charged wormhole spacetime based on Yoshiaki Sofue's exponential dark matter density profile, referred to as the Charged Galactic Wormhole. Our previous work explored the deflection of light and massive…

General Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Md Khalid Hossain , Farook Rahaman

We establish a thermodynamic-optical duality that directly bridges the semiclassical quantum evaporation of black holes with their classical macroscopic geometry. By employing a diffeomorphic inversion, we re-parameterize the intrinsic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-27 Nikko John Leo S. Lobos , Emmanuel T. Rodulfo

The study of black hole shadows provides a powerful tool for testing the predictions of general relativity and exploring deviations from the standard Kerr metric in the strong gravitational field regime. Here, we investigate the shadow…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-13 Temurbek Mirzaev , Bobomurat Ahmedov , Cosimo Bambi

We study the black hole's shadow for Schwarzschild - de Sitter and Kerr - de Sitter metrics with the contribution of the cosmological constant \Lambda. Based on the reported parameters of the M87* black hole shadow we obtain constraints for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-29 A. Stepanian , Sh. Khlghatyan , V. G. Gurzadyan

We consider reflection-asymmetric thin-shell wormholes within Palatini $f(\mathcal{R})$ gravity using a matching procedure of two patches of electrovacuum space-times at a hypersurface (the shell) via suitable junction conditions. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-05 Merce Guerrero , Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-Garcia