Black Holes In General Relativity Research Articles

Specific neutral and charged black holes inf(R)gravitational theory

With the successes of $f(R)$ theory as a neutral modification of Einstein's general relativity (GR), we continue our study in this field and attempt to find general %natural { neutral} and charged black hole (BH) solutions. In the previous papers \cite{Nashed:2020mnp,Nashed:2020tbp}, we applied the field equation of the $f(R)$ gravity to a spherically symmetric space-time $ds^2=-U(r)dt^2+\frac{dr^2}{V(r)}+r^2 \left( d\theta^2+\sin^2\theta d\phi^2 \right)$ with unequal metric potentials $U(r)$ and $V(r)$ and with/without electric charge. {Then we have obtained equations which include all the possible static solutions with spherical symmetry.} To ensure the closed form of system of the resulting differential equations in order to obtain specific solutions, we assumed the derivative of the $f(R)$ with respect to the scalar curvature $R$ to have a form %$F_1(r)=\frac{df(R(r))}{dR(r)} \propto %{\color{red} 1 +} %\frac{c}{r^n}$ but in case $n>2$, the resulting black hole solutions with/without charge do not %generate asymptotically GR BH solutions in the limit $c\rightarrow 0$ which means that the only case that can generate GR BHs is $n=2$. %In this paper, we assume another form, i.e., $F_1(r) {=\frac{df(R(r))}{dR(r)} } = 1-\frac{F_0-\left(n-3\right)}{r^n}$ with a constant $F_0$ and show that we can generate asymptotically GR BH solutions for $n>2$ but we show that the $n=2$ case is not allowed. This form of $F_1(r)$ could be the most acceptable physical form that we can generate from it physical metric potentials that can have a well-known asymptotic form and we obtain the metric of the Einstein general relativity in the limit of $F_0\to n-3$. We show that the form of the electric charge depends on $n$ and that $n\neq 2$.}

Asymptotics of linear differential systems and application to quasinormal modes of nonrotating black holes

The traditional approach to perturbations of nonrotating black holes in General Relativity uses the reformulation of the equations of motion into a radial second-order Schr\"odinger-like equation, whose asymptotic solutions are elementary. Imposing specific boundary conditions at spatial infinity and near the horizon defines, in particular, the quasi-normal modes of black holes. For more complicated equations of motion, as encountered for instance in modified gravity models with different background solutions and/or additional degrees of freedom, we present a new approach that analyses directly the first-order differential system in its original form and extracts the asymptotic behaviour of perturbations, without resorting to a second-order reformulation. As a pedagogical illustration, we apply this treatment to the perturbations of Schwarzschild black holes and then show that the standard quasi-normal modes can be obtained numerically by solving this first-order system with a spectral method. This new approach paves the way for a generic treatment of the asymptotic behaviour of black hole perturbations and the identification of quasi-normal modes in theories of modified gravity.

Shadows of black hole surrounded by anisotropic fluid in Rastall theory

Due to the gravitational lensing effect, a black hole casts a shadow larger than its horizon over a bright background, and the shape and size can be calculated. The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has produced the first direct image (shadow) of the black hole and it is in accordance with the shadow of a Kerr black hole of general relativity. However, deviations from the Kerr black hole arising from modified theories of gravity are not ruled out and they are important as they offer an arena to test these theories through astrophysical observation. This stimulates us to investigate rotating black holes surrounded by anisotropic fluid in Rastall theory namely a rotating Rastall black hole, which is characterized by mass $M$, spin $a$, field structure parameter $N_s$ and the Rastall parameter $\psi$. It encompasses, as special cases, Kerr ($N_s \to 0$) and Kerr-Newman ($s=0$ and $N_s = -Q^2 $) black holes. The rotating Rastall black hole is characterized by an additional cosmological-like horizon apart from Cauchy and event horizons. We derive an analytical formula for the shadow of a rotating Rastall black hole and go on to visualize the shadow of black holes for various values of the parameters for an observer at a given coordinate ($r_O, \theta_O$) in the domain $[r_+,r_q]$.

The charged CPR black hole

The non-Kerr black hole is an important metric to study the possible deviations from the Kerr black hole of general relativity. It has been constructed by applying the Newman–Janis algorithm on a deformed Schwarzschild black hole. This approach has been generalized to include two different deformation functions to obtain CPR black holes [V. Cardoso, P. Pani and J. Rico, Phys. Rev. D 89 (2014) 064007]. In this paper, we develop the charged analogue of this spacetime. The new metric is studied for the particle dynamics also.

Gravitational-wave constraints on the GWTC-2 events by measuring the tidal deformability and the spin-induced quadrupole moment

Gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences provide a unique laboratory to test properties of compact objects. As alternatives to the ordinary black holes in general relativity, various exotic compact objects have been proposed. Some of them have largely different values of the tidal deformability and spin-induced quadrupole moment from those of black holes, and their binaries could be distinguished from the binary black hole by using gravitational waves emitted during their inspiral regime, excluding the highly model-dependent merger and ringdown regimes. We reanalyze gravitational waves from low-mass merger events in the GWTC-2, detected by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. Focusing on the influence of tidal deformability and spin-induced quadrupole moment in the inspiral waveform, we provide model-independent constraints on deviations from the standard binary black hole case. We find that all events that we have analyzed are consistent with the waveform of the binary black hole in general relativity. Bayesian model selection shows that the hypothesis that the binary is composed of exotic compact objects is disfavored by all events.

Radiative classical gravitational observables at mathcal{O} (G3) from scattering amplitudes

We compute classical gravitational observables for the scattering of two spinless black holes in general relativity and mathcal{N} =8 supergravity in the formalism of Kosower, Maybee, and O’Connell (KMOC). We focus on the gravitational impulse with radiation reaction and the radiated momentum in black hole scattering at mathcal{O} (G3) to all orders in the velocity. These classical observables require the construction and evaluation of certain loop-level quantities which are greatly simplified by harnessing recent advances from scattering amplitudes and collider physics. In particular, we make use of generalized unitarity to construct the relevant loop integrands, employ reverse unitarity, the method of regions, integration-by-parts (IBP), and (canonical) differential equations to simplify and evaluate all loop and phase-space integrals to obtain the classical gravitational observables of interest to two-loop order. The KMOC formalism naturally incorporates radiation effects which enables us to explore these classical quantities beyond the conservative two-body dynamics. From the impulse and the radiated momentum, we extract the scattering angle and the radiated energy. Finally, we discuss universality of the impulse in the high-energy limit and the relation to the eikonal phase.

Rotating black holes in general relativity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics

We find an exact spherically symmetric magnetically charged black hole solution to general relativity (GR) coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) with an appropriate Lagrangian density. In turn, starting with this spherical black hole as a seed metric, we construct a rotating spacetime, a modification of Kerr black hole, using the revised Newman–Janis algorithm that depends on mass, spin, and a NED parameter g. We find an exact expression for thermodynamic quantities of the black holes like the mass, Hawking temperature, entropy, heat capacity, and free energy expressed in terms of horizon radius, and they show significant deviations from the Kerr case owing to NED. We also calculate analytical expressions for effective Komar mass and angular momentum for the rotating black hole and demonstrate that the Komar conserved quantity corresponding to the null Killing vector at horizon obeys Kχ=2S+T+. The radiating counterpart renders a generalization of Carmeli’s spacetime as well as Vaidya’s spacetime in the appropriate limits.

Quantum corrections to tidal Love number for Schwarzschild black holes

A sum rule for tidal Love number is derived from quantum field theory computations, which relates tidal susceptibility of a spinless body to transition rates of its single graviton emission processes. An analogous sum rule for electromagnetism is given as an example, which is substantiated by comparing to the solved problem of the hydrogen atom. Based on the semiclassical Hawking radiation spectrum, a finite nonvanishing value for quantum corrections to the Love number of Schwarzschild black holes in general relativity is computed using the sum rule, which is known to classically vanish.

Modeling and detecting resonant tides of exotic compact objects

The event horizon of a black hole in general relativity absorbs all infalling radiation. Any observation of the contrary would immediately challenge the expectation that astrophysical black holes are described by the vacuum Kerr geometry. If a putative black hole does reflect part of the ingoing radiation, its quasinormal mode structure is drastically altered. Low frequency modes can be introduced that are resonantly excited during the inspiral of a binary system. We study the resulting phase shift of the gravitational wave signal. Building on neutron star results, we obtain a model-independent expression for the phase shift that depends only on quasinormal modes and Love numbers of the compact object. We find that the phase shift might be detectable with Einstein Telescope for asymmetric binaries in high signal-to-noise events ($\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{3}$), but by far cannot explore the Planck scale.

Gravitational wave signatures from dark sector interactions

We show that the gravitational waves generated by the perturbations of general relativistic black holes can be considered as a direct probe of the existence of dark sector interactions. Working within the framework of Horndeski theory and linear perturbations, we show that dark sector interactions effectively reduce to an interaction charge that influences both scalar and tensor waveforms. Furthermore, we show that the total dark matter field, including the effects of dark sector interactions, satisfies a conservation equation embodying the equivalence principle. We exploit this realization to setup the Regge-Wheeler equation and the coupled Zerilli and scalar wave equations for a Schwarzschild-(anti) de Sitter black hole. We then present numerical integration of the coupled even-parity wave equations for the case of a dark matter particle falling straight down into a Schwarzschild black hole.

Numerical black hole solutions in modified gravity theories: Axial symmetry case

We extend a recently developed numerical code to obtain stationary, axisymmetric solutions that describe rotating black hole spacetimes in a wide class of modified theories of gravity. The code utilizes a relaxed Newton-Raphson method to solve the full nonlinear modified Einstein's Equations on a two-dimensional grid with a Newton polynomial finite difference scheme. We validate this code by considering static and axisymmetric black holes in General Relativity. We obtain rotating black hole solutions in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with a linear (linear scalar-Gauss-Bonnet) and an exponential (Einstein-dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet) coupling and compare them to analytical and numerical perturbative solutions. From these numerical solutions, we construct a fitted analytical model and study observable properties calculated from the numerical results.

Testing gravity of a disformal Kerr black hole in quadratic degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor theories by quasi-periodic oscillations

By using the relativistic precession model, we have studied frequencies of quasi-periodic oscillations in the spacetime of a disformal Kerr black hole. This black hole owns an extra disformal parameter and belongs to a class of non-stealth solutions in quadratic degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor (DHOST) theories. Our result shows that only the periastron precession frequency is related to the disformal parameter, while the azimuthal frequency and the nodal precession frequency are identical with those in the usual Kerr black hole in general relativity. Combing with the observation data of GRO J1655-40, we fit parameters of the disformal Kerr black hole, and find that the disformal parameter α is almost negative in the range of 1 σ, which implies the negative disformal parameter α is favored by the observation data of GRO J1655-40.

Regular black holes and gravitational particle-like solutions in generic DHOST theories

We construct regular, asymptotically flat black holes of higher order scalar tensor (DHOST) theories, which are obtained by making use of a generalized Kerr-Schild solution generating method. The solutions depend on a mass integration constant, admit a smooth core of chosen regularity, and generically have an inner and outer event horizon. In particular, below a certain mass threshold, we find massive, horizonless, particle-like solutions. We scan through possible observational signatures ranging from weak to strong gravity and study the thermodynamics of our regular solutions, comparing them, when possible, to General Relativity black holes and their thermodynamic laws.

Parameter estimation of hairy Kerr black holes from its shadow and constraints from M87*

ABSTRACT The recently obtained hairy Kerr black holes, due to additional sources or surrounding fluid, like dark matter, with conserved energy-momentum tensor, have a deviation α and primary hair l0, apart from rotation parameter a and mass M. In the wake of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations of the supermassive black hole M87*, a recent surge in interest in black hole shadows suggests comparing the black holes in general relativity and modified theories of gravity to assess these models’ differences. Motivated by this, we take on an extensive study of the rotating hairy Kerr black holes, which encompasses, in particular cases, the Kerr black hole (α = 0). We investigate ergosphere and shadows of the black holes to infer that their size and shape are affected due to the l0 and are found to harbour a richer chaotic structure. In particular, the hairy Kerr black holes possess smaller size but more distorted shadows when compared with Kerr black holes. We also estimate the parameters l0 and a associated with hairy Kerr black holes using the shadow observables. The inferred circularity deviation ΔC ≤ 0.1 for the M87* black hole is satisfied, whereas shadow angular diameter θd = 42 ± 3μas, within 1σ region, for a given choice of α, places bounds on the parameters a and l0. Interestingly, the shadow axial ratio obeying 1 < Dx ≲ 4/3 is in agreement with the EHT results and thus eventuates in the hairy Kerr black holes being suitable candidates for astrophysical black holes.

New rotating AdS/dS black holes in f(R) gravity

It is known that general relativity (GR) theory is not consistent with the latest observations. The modified gravity of GR known as f(R) where R is the Ricci scalar, is considered to be a good candidate for dealing with the anomalies present in classical GR. In this context, we study static rotating uncharged anti-de Sitter and de Sitter (AdS and dS) black holes (BHs) using f(R) theory without assuming any constraints on the Ricci scalar or on f(R). We derive BH solutions depend on the convolution function and deviate from the AdS/dS Schwarzschild BH solution of GR. Although the field equations have no dependence on the cosmological constant, the BHs are characterized by an effective cosmological constant that depends on the convolution function. The asymptotic form of this BH solution depends on the gravitational mass of the system and on extra terms that lead to BHs being different from GR BHs but to correspond to GR BHs under certain conditions. We also investigate how these extra terms are responsible for making the singularities of the invariants milder than those of the GR BHs. We study some physical properties of the BHs from the point of view of thermodynamics and show that there is an outer event horizon in addition to the inner Cauchy horizons. Among other things we show that our BH solutions satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. To check the stability of these BHs we use the geodesic deviations and derive the stability conditions. Finally, using the odd-type mode it is shown that all the derived BHs are stable and have a radial speed equal to one.

A nonsingular, anisotropic universe in a black hole with torsion and particle production

We consider a universe formed in a black hole in general relativity with spin and torsion. The interior of a Schwarzschild black hole can be represented by the Kantowski–Sachs metric that describes a closed anisotropic universe. We use this metric to derive the Einstein–Cartan field equations with a relativistic spin fluid as a source. We show that torsion may prevent a singularity and replace it with a nonsingular bounce if particle production dominates over shear. Particle production after the last bounce can generate a finite period of inflation, during which the universe expands and isotropizes to the current state. This scenario is only approximate: the Kantowski–Sachs metric is never reached and should be replaced with a more general metric that tends to that of a 3-sphere.

New spinorial approach to mass inequalities for black holes in general relativity

A new spinorial strategy for the construction of geometric inequalities involving the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner mass of black hole systems in general relativity is presented. This approach is based on a second order elliptic equation (the approximate twistor equation) for a valence 1 Weyl spinor. This has the advantage over other spinorial approaches to the construction of geometric inequalities based on the Sen-Witten-Dirac equation that it allows us to specify boundary conditions for the two components of the spinor. This greater control on the boundary data has the potential of giving rise to new geometric inequalities involving the mass. In particular, it is shown that the mass is bounded from below by an integral functional over a marginally outer trapped surface (MOTS) which depends on a freely specifiable valence 1 spinor. From this main inequality, by choosing the free data in an appropriate way, one obtains a new nontrivial bounds of the mass in terms of the inner expansion of the MOTS. The analysis makes use of a new formalism for the $1+1+2$ decomposition of spinorial equations.

Nontrivial black hole solutions in f(R) gravitational theory

Recent observation shows that general relativity (GR) is not valid in the strong regime. $\mathit{f(R)}$ gravity where $\mathit{R}$ is the Ricci scalar, is regarded to be one of good candidates able to cure the anomalies appeared in the conventional general relativity. In this realm, we apply the equation of motions of $\mathit{f(R)}$ gravity to a spherically symmetric spacetime with two unknown functions and derive original black hole (BH) solutions without any constrains on the Ricci scalar as well as on the form of $\mathit{f(R)}$ gravity. Those solutions depend on a convolution function and are deviating from the Schwarzschild solution of the Einstein GR. These solutions are characterized by the gravitational mass of the system and the convolution function that in the asymptotic form gives extra terms that are responsible to make such BHs different from GR. Also, we show that these extra terms make the singularities of the invariants much weaker than those of the GR BH. We analyze such BHs using the trend of thermodynamics and show their consistency with the well known quantities in thermodynamics like the Hawking radiation, entropy and quasi-local energy. We also show that our BH solutions satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. Moreover, we study the stability analysis using the odd-type mode and shows that all the derived BHs are stable and have radial speed equal to one. Finally, using the geodesic deviations we derive the stability conditions of these BHs.

Gravitational lensing by charged black hole in regularized 4D Einstein\u2013Gauss\u2013Bonnet gravity

Among the higher curvature gravities, the most extensively studied theory is the so-called Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet (EGB) gravity, whose Lagrangian contains Einstein term with the GB combination of quadratic curvature terms, and the GB term yields nontrivial gravitational dynamics in Dge 5. Recently there has been a surge of interest in regularizing, a D rightarrow 4 limit of, the EGB gravity, and the resulting regularized 4D EGB gravity valid in 4D. We consider gravitational lensing by Charged black holes in the 4D EGB gravity theory to calculate the light deflection coefficients in strong-field limits bar{a} and bar{b}, while former increases with increasing GB parameter alpha and charge q, later decrease. We also find a decrease in the deflection angle alpha _D, angular position theta _{infty } decreases more slowly and impact parameter for photon orbits u_{m} more quickly, but angular separation s increases more rapidly with alpha and charge q. We compare our results with those for analogous black holes in General Relativity (GR) and also the formalism is applied to discuss the astrophysical consequences in the case of the supermassive black holes Sgr A* and M87*.

Testing horizon topology with electromagnetic observations

In general relativity without a cosmological constant, a classical theorem due to Hawking states that stationary black holes must be topologically spherical. This result is one of the several ingredients that collectively imply the uniqueness of the Kerr metric. If, however, general relativity describes gravity inexactly at high energies or over cosmological scales, Hawking's result may not apply, and black holes with non-trivial topology may be, at least mathematically, permissible. While tests involving electromagnetic and gravitational-wave data have been used to place tight constraints on various theoretical departures from a Kerr description of astrophysical black holes, relatively little attention has been paid to topological alternatives. In this paper, we derive a new exact solution in an $f(R)$ theory of gravity which admits topologically non-trivial black holes, and calculate observables like fluorescent K$\alpha$ iron-line profiles and black hole images from hypothetical astrophysical systems which house these objects, to provide a theoretical basis for new tests of black hole nature. On the basis of qualitative comparisons, we show that topologically non-trivial objects would leave a strong imprint on electromagnetic observables and can be easily distinguished from general-relativistic black holes in nearly all cases.