Brane-world black holes with post-Newtonian parameter: astrophysical signatures

Abstract

The existence of the many unanswered questions in fundamental physics, in particular, in astrophysics allows for a great variety of theories to remain viable candidates for becoming the correct theory at energies not accessible in current experiments. One special class of these type of theories is the class of extra-dimensional brane-world models. Besides answering many fundamental problems, for instance, the hierarchy problem, they may produce testable predictions. In this work, we find and investigate brane-world induced black string horizon corrections, when the black hole solution has a post-Newtonian parameter. For suitable choices of such a parameter, the Hawking radiation on the brane is precluded, and the Hawking radiation in the bulk causes the black hole to slightly recoil into the bulk, which modifies the black hole apparent horizon. It has an impact on quasars luminosity and, therefore, might be detected and measured.