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We consider a Lemaitre - Tolman - Bondi type space-time in Einstein gravity with the Gauss-Bonnet combination of quadratic curvature terms, and present exact solution in closed form. It turns out that the presence of the coupling constant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Jhingan , Sushant G. Ghosh

We investigate the stringy effects on holographic complexity in $(d+1)$-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet gravity using the ``complete volume'' proposal for higher-curvature theories. Our analysis covers unperturbed eternal black holes, as well as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-18 Qi Yang , Yu-Xiao Liu

In this paper, we investigate the effect of higher curvature corrections from Gauss-Bonnet gravity on the shadow of charged black holes in both $AdS$ and Minkowski spacetimes. The null geodesic equations are computed in $d=5$ spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-28 Anish Das , Ashis Saha , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

We obtain a new exact black-hole solution in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with a cosmological constant which bears a specific relation to the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant. The spacetime is a product of the usual 4-dimensional manifold…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Hideki Maeda , Naresh Dadhich

Generalizations of the Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes are discussed in an astrophysically viable generalized theory of gravity, which includes higher curvature corrections in the form of the Gauss-Bonnet term, coupled to a dilaton. The…

The Gauss - Bonnet invariant is one of the most promising candidates for a quadratic curvature correction to the Einstein action in expansions of supersymmetric string theory. We study the evaporation of such Schwarzschild - Gauss - Bonnet…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Barrau , J. Grain , S. O. Alexeyev

We investigate the effects of including a quasi-topological cubic curvature term to the Gauss-Bonnet action to five dimensional Lifshitz gravity. We find that a new set of Lifshitz black hole solutions exist that are analogous to those…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-08 W. G. Brenna , M. H. Dehghani , R. B. Mann

We consider a "Scalar-Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet" theory in four dimension, where the scalar field couples non minimally with the Gauss-Bonnet (GB) term. This coupling with the scalar field ensures the non topological character of the GB term.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Narayan Banerjee , Tanmoy Paul

In this paper, we investigate a class of $5$-dimensional black holes in the presence of Gauss-Bonnet gravity with dyonic charges. At first step, thermodynamical quantities of the black holes and their behaviors are explored for different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-20 S. Panahiyan , S. H. Hendi , N. Riazi

Gauss-Bonnet gravity provides one of the most promising frameworks to study curvature corrections to the Einstein action in supersymmetric string theories, while avoiding ghosts and keeping second order field equations. Although…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Alexeyev , N. Popov , M. Startseva , A. Barrau , J. Grain

We consider a theory of modified gravity possessing d extra spatial dimensions with a maximally symmetric metric and a scale factor, whose (4+d)-dimensional gravitational action contains terms proportional to quadratic curvature scalars.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-05 Carsten van de Bruck , Chris Longden

Among various strong-curvature extensions to General Relativity, Einstein-Dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet gravity stands out as the only nontrivial theory containing quadratic curvature corrections while being free from the Ostrogradsky instability to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-05 Andrea Maselli , Paolo Pani , Leonardo Gualtieri , Valeria Ferrari

In this paper, we analyze the viability of a vacuum Gauss-Bonnet cosmology by examining the dynamics of the homogeneous and anisotropic background in 4+1 dimensions. The trajectories of the system either originate from the standard…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Chingangbam , M. Sami , P. V. Tretyakov , A. V. Toporensky

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

If more than one curvaton dominate the Universe at different epochs from each other, curvature perturbations can be temporarily enhanced to a value much larger than the observed one 10^{-5}. The traces of the enhancement may be left as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 Teruaki Suyama , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

An approach is presented to address singularities in general relativity using a complex Riemannian spacetime extension. We demonstrate how this method can be applied to both black hole and cosmological singularities, specifically focusing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-14 John W. Moffat

We show that the Gauss-Bonnet term can have physical effects in four dimensions. Specifically, the entropy of a black hole acquires a correction that is proportional to the Euler characteristic of the cross sections of the horizon. While…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tomas Liko

In this work we deal with the presence of braneworld solutions in a five-dimensional space-time with a single extra spatial dimension of infinite extent. The braneworld scenario is built under the presence of a single real scalar field, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-16 D. Bazeia , A. Lobao , L. Losano , R. Menezes , A. Yu. Petrov

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

General Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with a cosmological constant allows two (A)dS spacetimes as its vacuum solutions. We find a critical point in the parameter space where the two (A)dS spacetimes coalesce into one and the linearized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-03 Zhong-Ying Fan , Bin Chen , Hong Lu