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Author Guerrero, M.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Saez-Chillon Gomez, D.
Title Shadows and optical appearance of black bounces illuminated by a thin accretion disk Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 08 Issue (down) 8 Pages 036 - 19pp
Keywords GR black holes; Wormholes; modified gravity; accretion
Abstract We study the light rings and shadows of an uniparametric family of spherically symmetric geometries interpolating between the Schwarzschild solution, a regular black hole, and a traversable wormhole, and dubbed as black bounces, all of them sharing the same critical impact parameter. We consider the ray-tracing method in order to study the impact parameter regions corresponding to the direct, lensed, and photon ring emissions, finding a broadening of all these regions for black bounce solutions as compared to the Schwarzschild one. Using this, we determine the optical appearance of black bounces when illuminated by three standard toy models of optically and geometrically thin accretion disks viewed in face-on orientation.
Address [Guerrero, Merce; Rubiera-Garcia, Diego] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, E-28040 Madrid, Spain, Email: merguerr@ucm.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000686656000022 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4943
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Author Guerrero, M.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Saez-Chillon Gomez, D.
Title Light ring images of double photon spheres in black hole and wormhole spacetimes Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 105 Issue (down) 8 Pages 084057 - 16pp
Keywords
Abstract The silhouette of a black hole having a critical curve (an unstable bound photon orbit) when illuminated by an optically thin accretion disk whose emission is confined to the equatorial plane shows a distinctive central brightness depression (the shadow) whose outer edge consists of a series of strongly lensed, selfsimilar rings superimposed with the disk???s direct emission. While the size and shape of the critical curve depend only on the background geometry, the pattern of bright and dark regions (including the size and depth of the shadow itself) in the image is strongly influenced by the (astro)physics of the accretion disk. This aspect makes it difficult to extract clean and clear observational discriminators between the Kerr black hole and other compact objects. In the presence of a second critical curve, however, observational differences become apparent. In this work we shall consider some spherically symmetric black hole and wormhole geometries characterized by the presence of a second critical curve, via a uniparametric family of extensions of the Schwarzschild metric. By assuming three toy models of geometrically thin accretion disks, we show the presence of additional light rings in the intermediate region between the two critical curves. The observation of such rings could represent a compelling evidence for the existence of black hole mimickers having multiple critical curves.
Address [Guerrero, Merce; Rubiera-Garcia, Diego] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, E-28040 Madrid, Spain, Email: merguerr@ucm.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000810908800018 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5261
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Author Afonso, V.I.; Bejarano, C.; Ferraro, R.; Olmo, G.J.
Title Determinantal Born-Infeld coupling of gravity and electromagnetism Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 105 Issue (down) 8 Pages 084067 - 11pp
Keywords
Abstract We study a Born-Infeld inspired model of gravity and electromagnetism in which both types of fields are treated on an equal footing via a determinantal approach in a metric-aft me formulation. Though this formulation is a priori in conflict with the postulates of metric theories of gravity, we find that the resulting equations can also be obtained from an action combining the Einstein-Hilbert action with a minimally coupled nonlinear electrodynamics. As an example, the dynamics is solved for the charged static black hole.
Address [Afonso, Victor, I] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Unidade Acad Fis, BR-58429900 Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil, Email: viafonso@df.ufcg.edu.br;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000810510200008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5273
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Author Dias da Silva, L.F.; Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.
Title Photon rings as tests for alternative spherically symmetric geometries with thin accretion disks Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 108 Issue (down) 8 Pages 084055 - 18pp
Keywords
Abstract The imaging by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the supermassive central objects at the heart of the M87 and Milky Way (Sgr A*) galaxies, has marked the first step into peering at the photon rings and central brightness depression that characterize the optical appearance of black holes surrounded by an accretion disk. Recently, Vagnozzi et al. [arXiv:2205.07787] used the claim by the EHT that the size of the shadow of Sgr A* can be inferred by calibrated measurements of the bright ring enclosing it, to constrain a large number of spherically symmetric space-time geometries. In this work we use this result to study some features of the first and second photon rings of a restricted pool of such geometries in thin accretion disk settings. The emission profile of the latter is described by calling upon three analytic samples belonging to the family introduced by Gralla, Lupsasca, and Marrone, in order to characterize such photon rings using the Lyapunov exponent of nearly bound orbits and discuss its correlation with the luminosity extinction rate between the first and second photon rings. We finally elaborate on the chances of using such photon rings as observational discriminators of alternative black hole geometries using very long baseline interferometry.
Address [Dias da Silva, Luis F.; Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Inst Astrofis & Ciencias Espaco, Fac Ciencias, Edificio C8, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: fc53497@alunos.fc.ul.pt;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001093442700002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5779
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Author Capozziello, S.; Harko, T.; Koivisto, T.S.; Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.
Title The virial theorem and the dark matter problem in hybrid metric-Palatini gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 07 Issue (down) 7 Pages 024 - 19pp
Keywords modified gravity; dark matter theory; galaxy clusters
Abstract Hybrid metric-Palatini gravity is a recently proposed theory, consisting of the superposition of the metric Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian with an f(R) term constructed a la Palatini. The theory predicts the existence of a long-range scalar field, which passes the Solar System observational constraints, even if the scalar field is very light, and modifies the cosmological and galactic dynamics. Thus, the theory opens new possibilities to approach, in the same theoretical framework, the problems of both dark energy and dark matter. In this work, we consider the generalized virial theorem in the scalar-tensor representation of the hybrid metric-Palatini gravity. More specifically, taking into account the relativistic collisionless Boltzmann equation, we show that the supplementary geometric terms in the gravitational field equations provide an effective contribution to the gravitational potential energy. We show that the total virial mass is proportional to the effective mass associated with the new terms generated by the effective scalar field, and the baryonic mass. In addition to this, we also consider astrophysical applications of the model and show that the model predicts that the mass associated to the scalar field and its effects extend beyond the virial radius of the clusters of galaxies. In the context of the galaxy cluster velocity dispersion profiles predicted by the hybrid metric-Palatini model, the generalized virial theorem can be an efficient tool in observationally testing the viability of this class of generalized gravity models.
Address [Capozziello, Salvatore] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fis, Naples, Italy, Email: capozzie@na.infn.it;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000322582000025 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1531
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