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Dias da Silva, L.F.; Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. |
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Photon rings as tests for alternative spherically symmetric geometries with thin accretion disks |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
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Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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108 |
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8 |
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084055 - 18pp |
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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. |
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[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; |
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WOS:001093442700002 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5779 |
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Lobo, F.S.N.; Martinez-Asencio, J.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. |
| Title |
Planck scale physics and topology change through an exactly solvable model |
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Journal Article |
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2014 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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731 |
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163-167 |
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Modified gravity; Palatini formalism; Planck scale physics; Dynamical Vaidya solutions; Topology change |
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We consider the collapse of a charged radiation fluid in a Planck-suppressed quadratic extension of General Relativity (GR) formulated A la Palatini. We obtain exact analytical solutions that extend the charged Vaidya-type solution of GR, which allows to explore in detail new physics at the Planck scale. Starting from Minkowski space, we find that the collapsing fluid generates wormholes supported by the electric field. We discuss the relevance of our findings in relation to the quantum foam structure of space-time and the meaning of curvature divergences in this theory. |
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[Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Ctr Astron & Astrofis, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: flobo@cii.fc.ul.pt; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000334094500028 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1757 |
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Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. |
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Semiclassical geons as solitonic black hole remnants |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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011 - 10pp |
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modified gravity; primordial black holes; Wormholes; quantum field theory on curved space |
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We find that the end state of black hole evaporation could be represented by non-singular and without event horizon stable solitonic remnants with masses of the order the Planck scale and up to similar to 16 units of charge. Though these objects are locally indistinguishable from spherically symmetric, massive electric (or magnetic) charges, they turn out to be sourceless geons containing a wormhole generated by the electromagnetic field. Our results are obtained by interpreting semiclassical corrections to Einstein's theory in the first-order (Palatini) formalism, which yields second-order equations and avoids the instabilities of the usual (metric) formulation of quadratic gravity. We also discuss the potential relevance of these solutions for primordial black holes and the dark matter problem. |
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[Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Ctr Astron & Astrofis, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: flobo@cii.fc.ul.pt; |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000322582000012 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1532 |
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Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Orazi, E.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Rustam, A. |
| Title |
Structure and stability of traversable thin-shell wormholes in Palatini f(R) gravity |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
102 |
Issue |
10 |
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104012 - 11pp |
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We study the structure and stability of traversable wormholes built as (spherically symmetric) thin shells in the context of Palatini f(R) gravity. Using a suitable junction formalism for these theories we find that the effective number of degrees of freedom on the shell is reduced to a single one, which fixes the equation of state to be that of massless stress-energy fields, contrary to the general relativistic and metric f(R) cases. Another major difference is that the surface energy density threading the thin shell, needed in order to sustain the wormhole, can take any sign and may even vanish, depending on the desired features of the corresponding solutions. We illustrate our results by constructing thin-shell wormholes by surgically grafting Schwarzschild space-times and show that these configurations are always linearly unstable. However, surgically joined Reissner-Nordstrom space-times allow for linearly stable, traversable thin-shell wormholes supported by a positive energy density provided that the (squared) mass-to-charge ratio, given by y = Q(2)/M-2, satisfies the constraint 1 < y < 9/8 (corresponding to overcharged Reissner-Nordstrom configurations having a photon sphere) and lies in a region bounded by specific curves defined in terms of the (dimensionless) radius of the shell x(0) = R/M. |
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[Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Fac Ciencias, Inst Astrofis & Ciencias Espaco, Edificio C8,Campo Grande, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: fslobo@fc.ul.pt; |
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WOS:000587286200006 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4596 |
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Capozziello, S.; Harko, T.; Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Vignolo, S. |
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The Cauchy problem in hybrid metric-Palatini f(X)-gravity |
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Journal Article |
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2014 |
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International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys. |
| Volume |
11 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
1450042 - 12pp |
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Cauchy problem; modified gravity; hybrid metric-Palatini gravity |
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The well-formulation and the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem are discussed for hybrid metric-Palatini gravity, a recently proposed modified gravitational theory consisting of adding to the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian an f(R)-term constructed a la Palatini. The theory can be recast as a scalar-tensor one predicting the existence of a light long-range scalar field that evades the local Solar System tests and is able to modify galactic and cosmological dynamics, leading to the late-time cosmic acceleration. In this work, adopting generalized harmonic coordinates, we show that the initial value problem can always be well-formulated and, furthermore, can be well-posed depending on the adopted matter sources. |
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[Capozziello, Salvatore] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fis, Naples, Italy, Email: capozzie@na.infn.it; |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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0219-8878 |
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WOS:000336527100003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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