scholarly journals Shadows of Kerr black holes with and without scalar hair

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (09) ◽  
pp. 1641021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro V. P. Cunha ◽  
Carlos A. R. Herdeiro ◽  
Eugen Radu ◽  
Helgi F. Rúnarsson
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Ray Tracing ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
External Source ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Arbitrary Position ◽  
Tracing Algorithm ◽  
Scalar Hair

For an observer, the Black Hole (BH) shadow is the BHs apparent image in the sky due to the gravitational lensing of nearby radiation, emitted by an external source. A recent class of solutions dubbed Kerr BHs with scalar hair possess smaller shadows than the corresponding Kerr BHs and, under some conditions, novel exotic shadow shapes can arise. Thus, these hairy BHs could potentially provide new shadow templates for future experiments such as the Event Horizon Telescope. In order to obtain the shadows, the backward ray-tracing algorithm is briefly introduced, followed by numerical examples of shadows of Kerr BHs with scalar hair contrasting with the Kerr analogues. Additionally, an analytical solution for the Kerr shadow is derived in closed form for a ZAMO observer at an arbitrary position.

scholarly journals Weak Deflection Angle of some Classes of non-linear Electrodynamics Black Holes via Gauss-Bonnet Theorem

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan El Moumni ◽  
Karima Masmar ◽  
Ali Övgün
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Deflection Angle ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Plasma Medium ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
The Deflection Angle ◽  
Bonnet Theorem

In this paper, we study the gravitational lensing by some black hole classes within the non-linear electrodynamics in weak field limits. First, we calculate an optical geometry of the non-linear electrodynamics black hole then we use the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for finding deflection angle in weak field limits. The effect of non-linear electrodynamics on the deflection angle in leading order terms is studied. Furthermore, we discuss the effects of the plasma medium on the weak deflection angle.

scholarly journals GRAVITATIONAL LENSING IN THE WEAK FIELD LIMIT BY A BRANEWORLD BLACK HOLE

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (32) ◽  
pp. 2487-2496 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. MAJUMDAR ◽  
NUPUR MUKHERJEE
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Particle ◽  
Field Limit ◽  
Weak Field Limit ◽  
Point Light

The existence of braneworld black holes may be of primordial origin, or may even be produced in high energy particle collisions in the laboratory and in cosmic ray showers as well. These black holes obey a modified mass–radius relationship compared to standard Schwarzschild black holes. Using the variational principle we calculate the bending angle of a light ray near the horizon of a braneworld black hole in the weak field limit. We next derive the expressions of several lensing quantities like the Einstein radius and the magnification for a point light source. These expressions are modified compared to the lensing quantities for standard Schwarzschild black holes and contain the scale of the extra dimensions.

scholarly journals Revisiting the shadow of a black hole in the presence of a plasma

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1850114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Huang ◽  
Yi-Ping Dong ◽  
Dao-Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Ray Tracing ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Ring Structure ◽  
Tracing Algorithm

We study the photon’s motion around a black hole in the presence of a plasma whose density is a function of the radius coordinate by a renewed ray-tracing algorithm and investigate the influence of the plasma on the shadow of the black hole. The presence of plasma affects not only the size but also the shape of the black hole shadow. Furthermore, the influence of plasma on trajectories of photons depends on the frequency of the photons. For the high-frequency photons, the influence is negligible, on the contrary, the trajectories of low-frequency photons are affected significantly by the plasma. Interestingly, it is also found that the black hole image would take on a multi-ring structure due to the presence of plasma.

Gravitational lensing by black holes and their alternatives

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (05) ◽  
pp. 1741013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerio Bozza
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Infinite Number ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Exotic Matter ◽  
Asymptotic Limit ◽  
Light Rays ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Black holes have the ability to generate infinite number of images of any given source. These relativistic images are formed by light rays winding around the black hole several times. The phenomenology associated with these images is very rich, since these features are very sensitive to the metric structure of the black hole. Here, we review some aspects of gravitational lensing by black holes and consider some fundamental aspects related to alternative solutions, which do not reproduce Schwarzschild in the asymptotic limit and are supported by exotic matter.

scholarly journals A new spin on black hole hair

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 1442014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. R. Herdeiro ◽  
Eugen Radu
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Massive Scalar ◽  
Massive Scalar Field ◽  
Hairy Black Holes ◽  
Scalar Hair

We show that scalar hair can be added to rotating, vacuum black holes (BHs) of general relativity. These hairy black holes (HBHs) clarify a lingering question concerning gravitational solitons: Whether a BH can be added at the centre of a boson star (BS), as it typically can for other solitons. We argue that it can, but only if it is spinning. The existence of such HBHs is related to the Kerr superradiant instability triggered by a massive scalar field. This connection leads to the following conjecture: a (hairless) BH, which is afflicted by the superradiant instability of a given field, must allow hairy generalizations with that field.

scholarly journals Twisted light, a new tool for general relativity and beyond — Revealing the properties of rotating black holes with the vorticity of light —

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Tamburini ◽  
F. Feleppa ◽  
B. Thidé
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Compact Object ◽  
Additional Tool ◽  
Physical Observable ◽  
Rotating Black Holes

We describe and present the first observational evidence that light propagating near a rotating black hole is twisted in phase and carries orbital angular momentum. The novel use of this physical observable as an additional tool for the previously known techniques of gravitational lensing allows us to directly measure, for the first time, the spin parameter of a black hole. With the additional information encoded in the orbital angular momentum, not only can we reveal the actual rotation of the compact object, but we can also use rotating black holes as probes to test general relativity.

BRANEWORLD BLACK HOLES IN COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (07) ◽  
pp. 1095-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. MAJUMDAR ◽  
N. MUKHERJEE
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Strong Field ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Large Extra Dimension ◽  
Gravitational Field Equations ◽  
Fundamental Scale

The braneworld description of our universe entails a large extra dimension and a fundamental scale of gravity that might be lower by several orders of magnitude compared to the Planck scale. An interesting consequence of the braneworld scenario is in the nature of spherically symmetric vacuum solutions to the brane gravitational field equations which could represent black holes with properties quite distinct compared to ordinary black holes in 4-dimensions. We discuss certain key features of some braneworld black hole geometries. Such black holes are likely to have diverse cosmological and astrophysical ramifications. The cosmological evolution of primordial braneworld black holes is described highlighting their longevity due to modified evaporation and effective accretion of radiation during the early braneworld high energy era. Observational abundance of various evaporation products of the black holes at different eras impose constraints on their initial mass fraction. Surviving primordial black holes could be candidates of dark matter present in galactic haloes. We discuss gravitational lensing by braneworld black holes. Observables related to the relativistic images of strong field gravitational lensing could in principle be used to distinguish between different braneworld black hole metrics in future observations.

scholarly journals Multioscillating black holes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaaki Ishii ◽  
Keiju Murata ◽  
Jorge E. Santos ◽  
Benson Way
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Einstein Gravity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Complex Scalar ◽  
Fixed Energy ◽  
Angular Momenta ◽  
Ads Black Holes ◽  
Hairy Black Holes ◽  
Scalar Hair

Abstract We study rotating global AdS solutions in five-dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to a multiplet complex scalar within a cohomogeneity-1 ansatz. The onset of the gravitational and scalar field superradiant instabilities of the Myers-Perry-AdS black hole mark bifurcation points to black resonators and hairy Myers-Perry-AdS black holes, respectively. These solutions are subject to the other (gravitational or scalar) instability, and result in hairy black resonators which contain both gravitational and scalar hair. The hairy black resonators have smooth zero-horizon limits that we call graviboson stars. In the hairy black resonator and graviboson solutions, multiple scalar components with different frequencies are excited, and hence these are multioscillating solutions. The phase structure of the solutions are examined in the microcanonical ensemble, i.e. at fixed energy and angular momenta. It is found that the entropy of the hairy black resonator is never the largest among them. We also find that hairy black holes with higher scalar wavenumbers are entropically dominant and occupy more of phase space than those of lower wavenumbers.

scholarly journals Gravitational lensing effect on the Hawking radiation of dyonic black holes

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 1450074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izzet Sakalli ◽  
Ali Ovgun ◽  
Seyedeh Fatemeh Mirekhtiary
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Coordinate System ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Hawking Radiation ◽  
Hawking Temperature ◽  
Tunneling Rate ◽  
Asymptotically Flat ◽  
Lensing Effect

In this paper, we analyze the Hawking radiation (HR) of a non-asymptotically flat (NAF) dyonic black hole (dBH) in four-dimensional (4D) Einstein–Maxwell–Dilaton (EMD) gravity by using one of the semiclassical approaches which is the so-called Hamilton–Jacobi (HJ) method. We particularly motivate on the isotropic coordinate system (ICS) of the dBH in order to highlight the ambiguity to be appeared in the derivation of the Hawking temperature (TH) via the HJ method. Besides, it will be shown that the ICS allows us to write the metric of the dBH in form of the Fermat metric, which renders possible of identification of the refractive index (n) of the dBH. It is unraveled that the value of n and therefore the gravitational lensing effect is decisive on the tunneling rate of the HR. We also uncloak how one can resolve the discrepancy about the TH of the dBH in spite of that lensing effect.

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