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Angel Rincon

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arXiv2025

Observational appearance and photon rings of non-singular black holes from anisotropic fluids

We consider the optical appearance of a non-singular, spherically symmetric black hole from Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity coupled to anisotropic fluids. Such a black hole has a single (external) horizon located very near the Schwarzschild radius, $r_h=2M$, while its surface of unstable bound geodesics (photon sphere) is located at a moderately shortened radius than its Schwarzschild counterpart. Relying on a geometrically and optically thin accretion disk with a monochromatic emission described by suitable adaptations of Standard Unbound profiles previously employed in the literature, we generate images of this solution, which displays relevant modifications to the typical photon ring and central brightness depression features found in black hole images. In this sense, we fit the width of the two first photon rings in order to reconstruct the Lyapunov exponent of nearly-bound geodesics characterizing the theoretical ratio of successive rings. Such an exponent is tightly attached to observational features of photon rings such as their relative intensities in time-averaged images and the time-scale of hot-spots. Our results point out that non-singular black holes of this type are hard to distinguish from their Schwarzschild counterparts using this method alone, since the theoretical, numerical, disk-modeling, and observational uncertainties are too entangled with one another to allowing a neat distinction of such an exponent. It also points out to the need of incorporating dynamical settings such as hot-spots or quasi-normal modes from gravitational wave ringdowns as a way to circumvent such difficulties.

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arXiv2025

Equivalence of scalar-tensor theories and scale-dependent gravity

We present a novel equivalence between scale-dependent gravity and scalar-tensor theories that have only a single scalar field with a canonical kinetic term in the Einstein frame and a conformal coupling to the metric tensor. In particular, we show that the set of well-behaved scale-dependent gravity theories can be fully embedded into scalar-tensor theories in a unique way. Conversely, there are multiple ways to write a scalar-tensor theory as a scale-dependent theory. This equivalence is established both on the level of the actions and on the level of field equations. We find that, in the context of this equivalence, the scale-setting relation $k(x)$ is naturally promoted to a dynamical field, which is made manifest by including a corresponding kinetic term in the scale-dependent action. In addition, we demonstrate that the new equivalence fits well into the framework of existing equivalences involving the aforementioned theories and $f(R)$-gravity. Finally, we apply the equivalence relations to explicit examples from both scale-dependent gravity and scalar-tensor theories.

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arXiv2025

Geodesics in Quantum Gravity

We investigate the motion of test particles in quantum-gravitational backgrounds by introducing the concept of q--desics, quantum-corrected analogs of classical geodesics. Unlike standard approaches that rely solely on the expectation value of the spacetime metric, our formulation is based on the expectation value of quantum operators, such as the the affine connection-operator. This allows us to capture richer geometric information. We derive the q--desic equation using both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods and apply it to spherically symmetric static backgrounds obtained from canonical quantum gravity. Exemplary results include, light-like radial motion and circular motion with quantum gravitational corrections far above the Planck scale. This framework provides a refined description of motion in quantum spacetimes and opens new directions for probing the interface between quantum gravity and classical general relativity.

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arXiv2025

Energy Extraction and Evolution of Regular Black Holes: The Case of Bardeen Spacetime

This paper examines regular black holes, in particular the Bardeen spacetime where singularities are replaced by non-singular cores. It explores the energy extraction through the charged Penrose process and shows that magnetic charge evaporation can drive a regular black hole towards a singularity. Two evaporation models are proposed, dealing with charge loss and combined charge evaporation with mass accretion, providing insights into the evolution and stability of regular black holes.

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arXiv2024

On new regular charged black hole solutions: Limiting Curvature Condition, Quasinormal modes and Shadows

We introduce two new static, spherically symmetric regular black hole solutions that can be obtained from non-linear electrodynamics models. For each solution, we investigate the dynamic stability with respect to arbitrary linear fluctuations of the metric and electromagnetic field, and also examine the energy conditions that those black holes satisfy. Moreover, based on those solutions, we present two additional ones that satisfy the Limiting Curvature Condition. Finally, we make a comparison between the two solutions exploring their null geodesics and circular photon orbits.

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arXiv2024

Quasinormal modes and emission rate of ModMax (A)dS black holes

By considering a new model of nonlinear electrodynamics, known as the modified Maxwell (ModMax), and taking into account the topological and the cosmological constants in Einstein's gravity, we extract black hole solutions called Topological ModMax (A)dS black holes. The next step is to study the thermodynamic properties, quasinormal modes, and emission rates of these black holes in order to examine the impact of ModMax's parameter and the cosmological constant on these systems. To achieve this, we obtain the quasinormal spectra for massless scalar, electromagnetic, and Dirac perturbations. Additionally, we calculate null geodesics and determine the radius of the critical orbit. We then apply this information to derive the angular velocity and the Lyapunov exponent, which represent the real and imaginary terms of the quasinormal modes in the eikonal limit, respectively. Furthermore, we investigate the energy emission rate based on the discussion of null geodesics and the shadow radius.

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arXiv2024

Casimir Effect and Gravitational Balance: a Search for Stable Configurations

In this study, we examine the role of the repulsive Casimir force in counteracting the gravitational contraction of a thin spherically symmetric shell. Our main focus is to explore the possibility of achieving a stable balanced configuration within the theoretically reliable weak field limit. To this end, we consider different types of Casimir forces, including those generated by massless scalar fields, massive scalar fields, electromagnetic fields, and temperature-dependent fields.

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arXiv2024

Non-singular black hole by gravitational decoupling and some thermodynamic properties

Gravitational decoupling allows to obtain new solutions of general relativity. In this paper, we obtain new solutions of the Einstein field equations which describe non-singular black holes. We consider Hayward and Bardeen regular black holes as seed spacetimes and apply gravitational decoupling to obtain a new non-singular solution. We show that anisotropic energy-momentum tensor can spoil the regularity condition in the centre of a black hole. We solve the Einstein field equation and obtain new solutions that possess a de Sitter core and have Schwarzschild behaviour in infinity. We also analyse the thermodynamic properties of the obtained solutions.

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arXiv2024

Accelerated black holes in (2+1) dimensions: Quasinormal modes and Stability

We investigate the propagation of a scalar field in a $(2+1)$-dimensional accelerated black hole, recently revisited in \cite{Arenas_Henriquez_2022}. We briefly describe the minimally-coupled configuration as rendering a trivial scalar perturbation with a rescale of the field mass. On the contrary, the free scalar field propagation presents an intricate dynamic, whose equation may be reduced through the use of Israel junction conditions and a non-trivial ansatz. In this case, using two different methods we calculate the quasinormal modes of the solution also obtaining unstable field profiles delivered by the linear scalar perturbation to the background geometry. We scrutinize the parameter space of angular eigenvalue of the field and accelerations under which such instabilities happen.

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arXiv2023

A Universe from a Lagrangian Fixed Point

In this paper, we investigate the theoretical possibility that a Lagrangian fixed point, when applied to cosmological models, can drive dynamical evolution towards a bouncing universe. We analyze the physics of a Lagrangian fixed point within the context of a gravitational average effective action featuring scale-dependent couplings. To explore this concept, we develop a toy model set in a four-dimensional, spatially flat spacetime, anchored by a Lagrangian fixed point. Solving the cosmological equations of this model analytically, we identify several non-trivial solution branches. These branches are characterized by a modified scale factor and dynamic gravitational couplings, offering new insights into the behavior of cosmological models under these conditions.

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arXiv2023

Discriminating interacting dark energy models using Statefinder diagnostic

In the present work, we perform a comparative study of different interacting dark energy (DE) models using the Statefinder diagnostics. In particular, 17 different forms of the energy transfer rate $Q$ between DE and dark matter (DM) were focused on, belonging to the following categories: i) linear models in energy densities of DE and DM, ii) non-linear models, iii) models with a change of direction of energy transfer between DE and DM, iv) models involving derivatives of the energy densities, v) parametrized interactions through a function of the coincidence parameter $\tilde{r}$, and finally we also consider vi) two kinds of models with a self-interaction between DM, without DE. These models have been already studied in the literature and constrained with observational data available at that time. In order to discriminate between them at background level, we use the Statefinder diagnostic, based on the computation and study of the so-called Statefinder parameters $r$, $s$ in addition to the deceleration parameter $q$. We plot the evolution trajectories for the several interacting models on the $r-q$, $r-s$ planes, and we find some distinctive features and departures from $\Lambda$CDM and other DE models, as Quintessence, Chaplygin Gas, running vacuum models (RVM) and Galileon.

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arXiv2023

A Generalized Double Chaplygin Model for Anisotropic Matter: The Newtonian Case

In this work, we investigate astrophysical systems in a Newtonian regime using anisotropic matter. For this purpose, we considered that both radial and tangential pressures satisfy a generalized Chaplygin-type equation of state. Using this model, we found the Lane--Emden equation for this system and solved it numerically for several sets of parameters. Finally, we explored the mass supported by this physical system and compared it with the Chandrasekhar mass.

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arXiv2023

Quasinormal modes and shadow in Einstein Maxwell power-Yang-Mills black hole

In the present paper, we investigate the quasinormal modes of an Einstein-Maxwell power-Yang-Mills black hole in four dimensions, considering a specific value of the power parameter $p = 1/2$. This particular case represents a black hole with both Abelian and Non-Abelian charges and is asymptotically non-flat. We begin by deriving the effective potential for both a neutral massless particle and a neutral Dirac particle using the aforementioned black hole solution. Subsequently, employing the sixth-order WKB approximation method, we calculate the (scalar) quasinormal modes. Our numerical analysis indicates that these modes are stable within the considered parameter range. This result is also confirmed using the eikonal approximation. Furthermore, we calculate the shadow radius for this class of BH and derive constraints on the electric and Yang-Mills charges ($Q, Q_{\rm YM}$) by using imaging observational data for Sgr A${^\star}$, provided by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. We observe that as the electric charge $Q$ increases, the allowed range shifts towards negative values of $Q_{\rm YM}$. For instance, for the maximum value $Q\approx 1.1$ obtained, the allowed range becomes $-0.171 \lesssim Q_{\rm YM} \lesssim -0.087$ consistent with KECK and VLTI data, while still retaining a non-vanishing horizon.

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arXiv2023

Exploring Models of Running Vacuum Energy with Viscous Dark Matter from a Dynamical System Perspective

Running vacuum models and viscous dark matter scenarios beyond perfect fluid idealization are two appealing theoretical strategies that have been separately studied as alternatives to solve some problems rooted in the $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model. In this paper, we combine these two notions in a single cosmological setting and investigate their cosmological implications, paying particular attention in the interplay between these two constituents in different cosmological periods. Specifically, we consider a well-studied running vacuum model inspired by renormalization group, and a recently proposed general parameterization for the bulk viscosity $\xi$. By employing dynamical system analysis, we explore the physical aspects of the new phase space that emerges from the combined models and derive stability conditions that ensure complete cosmological dynamics. We identify four distinct classes of models and find that the critical points of the phase space are non-trivially renewed compared to the single scenarios. We then proceed, in a joint and complementary way to the dynamical system analysis, with a detailed numerical exploration to quantify the impact of both the running parameter and the bulk viscosity coefficient on the cosmological evolution. Thus, for some values of the model parameters, numerical solutions show qualitative differences from the $\Lambda$CDM model, which is phenomenologically appealing in light of cosmological observations.

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arXiv2023

Anisotropic Quark Stars with an Interacting Quark Equation of State within the Complexity Factor Formalism

Within the framework of Einstein's General Relativity we study strange quark stars assuming an interacting equation-of-state. Taking into account the presence of anisotropies in a sphere made of ultra dense matter, we employ the formalism based on the complexity factor. We integrate the structure equations numerically imposing the appropriate conditions both at the center and at the surface of the stars, thus obtaining interior solutions describing hydrostatic equilibrium. Making use of well-established criteria, we demonstrate that the solutions obtained here are well behaved and realistic. A comparison with another, more conventional approach, is made as well. Our numerical results are summarized in a number of figures.

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arXiv2022

The effects of running gravitational coupling on three dimensional black holes

In the present work, we investigate the consequences of running gravitational coupling on the properties of the three-dimensional BTZ black hole. We take as starting point the functional form of gravitational coupling obtained in the context of asymptotic safe gravity theory. By using the standard scale setting relation where $k\sim \xi/r^n$, we compute the solution of the Einstein field equations. We get and analyze the horizon and the thermodynamic properties of this new class of black hole solutions. The impact of the scale--dependent parameter $\xi$ on the cosmological "constant" and metric functions are briefly discussed. We find that the null energy condition is also violated in this setup when scale-dependent gravity and Newton's coupling (coming from the asymptotic safety scenario of gravity) are simultaneously taken into account.

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arXiv2022

Cosmological constraints on scale-dependent cosmology

This paper examines a cosmological model of scale-dependent gravity. The gravitational action is taken to be the Einstein-Hilbert term supplemented with a cosmological constant, where the couplings, $G_k$ and $\Lambda_k$, run with the energy scale $k$. % Also, notice that, by construction, our formalism recovers general relativity when in the limit of constant Newton's coupling. % Two sub-models based on the scale-dependent cosmological model are confronted with recent observational data from: i) the Hubble parameter $H(z)$, ii) distance modulus $\mu(z)$, and iii) baryon acoustic scale evolution as functions of redshift (BAO). % The viability of the model is discussed, obtaining the best-fit parameters and the maximum likelihood contours for these observables. Finally, a joint analysis is performed for $H(z)$+$\mu(z)$+BAO.

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