Horizon-scale tests of gravity theories and fundamental physics from the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sagittarius A

S Vagnozzi, R Roy, YD Tsai, L Visinelli… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Horizon-scale images of black holes (BHs) and their shadows have opened an
unprecedented window onto tests of gravity and fundamental physics in the strong-field …

Superradiant evolution of the shadow and photon ring of Sgr

Y Chen, R Roy, S Vagnozzi, L Visinelli - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Ultralight bosons can affect the dynamics of spinning black holes (BHs) via superradiant
instability, which can lead to a time evolution of the supermassive BH shadow. We study …

Superradiance evolution of black hole shadows revisited

R Roy, S Vagnozzi, L Visinelli - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Black hole (BH) shadows can be used to probe new physics in the form of ultralight particles
via the phenomenon of superradiant instability. By directly affecting the BH mass and spin …

Testing the rotational nature of the supermassive object M87* from the circularity and size of its first image

C Bambi, K Freese, S Vagnozzi, L Visinelli - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has recently released the first image of a
black hole (BH), opening a new window onto tests of general relativity in the strong field …

[PDF][PDF] Fundamental physics opportunities with the next-generation event horizon telescope

D Ayzenberg, L Blackburn, R Brito… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration recently published the first
images of the supermassive black holes in the cores of the Messier 87 and Milky Way …

Gravitational decoupling for axially symmetric systems and rotating black holes

E Contreras, J Ovalle, R Casadio - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We introduce a systematic and direct procedure to generate hairy rotating black holes by
deforming a spherically symmetric seed solution. We develop our analysis in the context of …

Magnetically charged black holes from non-linear electrodynamics and the Event Horizon Telescope

A Allahyari, M Khodadi, S Vagnozzi… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-linear electrodynamics (NLED) theories are well-motivated extensions of QED in the
strong field regime, and have long been studied in the search for regular black hole (BH) …

Black holes with scalar hair in light of the Event Horizon Telescope

M Khodadi, A Allahyari, S Vagnozzi… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Searching for violations of the no-hair theorem (NHT) is a powerful way to test gravity, and
more generally fundamental physics, particularly with regards to the existence of additional …

No-hair theorem in the wake of Event Horizon Telescope

M Khodadi, G Lambiase, DF Mota - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Thanks to the release of the extraordinary EHT image of shadow attributed to the M87*
supermassive black hole (SMBH), we have a novel window to assess the validity of …

Shadow of a spinning black hole in an expanding universe

PC Li, M Guo, B Chen - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We study the influence of the cosmic expansion on the size of the shadow of a spinning
black hole observed by a comoving observer. We first consider that the expansion is driven …