{"title":"Black hole spectroscopy: status report","authors":"Gregorio Carullo","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03408-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03408-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A brief overview of the “Black hole spectroscopy program” status is presented. Albeit given from a personal angle, it constitutes an attempt to convey the impressive progress achieved within the field in the last few years. Modeling and observational aspects are touched upon, although both from an observationally-oriented perspective. Particular emphasis is given to recent advancements within general relativity and challenging open problems.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10714-025-03408-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143884311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging time across null horizons","authors":"Anıl Zenginoğlu","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03410-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03410-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>General relativity, as a diffeomorphism-invariant theory, allows the description of physical phenomena in a wide variety of coordinate systems. In the presence of boundaries, such as event horizons and null infinity, time coordinates must be carefully adapted to the global causal structure of spacetime to ensure a computationally efficient description. Horizon-penetrating time is used to describe the dynamics of infalling matter and radiation across the event horizon, while hyperboloidal time is used to study the propagation of radiation toward the idealized observer at null infinity. In this paper, we explore the historical and mathematical connection between horizon-penetrating and hyperboloidal time coordinates, arguing that both classes of coordinates are simply regular choices of time across null horizons. We review the height-function formalism in stationary spacetimes, providing examples that may be useful in computations, such as source-adapted foliations or Fefferman–Graham–Bondi coordinates near null infinity. We discuss bridges connecting the boundaries of spacetime through a time hypersurface across null horizons, including the event horizon, null infinity, and the cosmological horizon.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10714-025-03410-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143880828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linear frame dragging along one spatial dimension","authors":"Marco Alberto Javarone, Luciano Pietronero","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03407-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03407-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Inertial dragging is a well-known effect described within the framework of General Relativity. Notwithstanding, some fundamental questions related to its nature still deserve attention. One of these, rooted in Mach’s principle, wonders whether the inertial mass of particles could be due to the relative motion with respect to other particles. To tackle this question, we study the inertial dragging resulting in a test particle located in the centre of mass of two faraway masses accelerating in the same direction. In this simple setup, calculations show the appearance of an inertial force, which entails the test particle accelerating in the opposite direction. Therefore, the proposed model shows that relative accelerations of distant masses with respect to a test particle induce inertial dragging effects which are similar to the inertia corresponding to an acceleration of the test particle itself. This could be suggestive of a more concrete interpretation of Mach’s principle which would imply that the gravitational constant may be the approximate value of a more complex inertial field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Black holes galore in (D>4)","authors":"Roberto Emparan","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03398-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03398-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The black hole solutions to Einstein’s vacuum equations in four dimensions contain just one example: the Kerr black hole. Over the past two decades, we have understood that higher-dimensional black holes are far more plentiful. I give a straightforward account of the reasons for this abundance based on three key ideas: (i) Horizons in <span>(D>4)</span> can be long. (ii) Long horizons are flexible. (iii) Long horizons are unstable. I conclude with some comments and conjectures about the classification problem.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10714-025-03398-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143871427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Golfin Ekatria, Andy Octavian Latief, Fiki Taufik Akbar, Bobby Eka Gunara
{"title":"Gravitational collapse in higher-dimensional Rastall gravity with and without cosmological constant","authors":"Golfin Ekatria, Andy Octavian Latief, Fiki Taufik Akbar, Bobby Eka Gunara","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03406-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03406-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We consider a spherically symmetric homogeneous perfect fluid undergoing a gravitational collapse to singularity in the framework of higher-dimensional Rastall gravity in the cases of vanishing and nonvanishing cosmological constants. The possible final states of the collapse in any finite dimension are black hole and naked singularity, but the naked singularity formation becomes less favored when the dimension is increased. We find that there are two physically distinct solutions for the collapse evolution in the case of nonzero cosmological constant: trigonometric and exponential solutions. The effective energy density of the fluid is decreasing (increasing) in the former (latter) when the magnitude of the cosmological constant is increased, which implies that the former undergoes a slower collapse than the latter. Furthermore, we find that a temporary trapped surface is possible to emerge in the case of trigonometric solution in the naked singularity region only. Therefore, distant observers with observational time shorter than the collapse duration may conclude that a black hole is formed, although the collapse will eventually lead to a naked singularity formation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Null geodesics in the static black bottle spacetime","authors":"Hexiang Chang","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03404-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03404-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research analyses the spacetime geometry of the static black bottle by studying the geodesic motion of photons. Geodesic equations are found using the Hamilton–Jacobi formalism. The geodesics are then classified based on a set of appropriate conserved physical quantities. Effective potentials are used to visualise the allowed orbits. The classifications also vary based on the acceleration parameter of the spacetime. Analytical solutions are found using the Jacobi elliptic functions of the first and second kinds, <span>({{,textrm{sn},}}(u,m), {{,textrm{cn},}}(u,m))</span>. The geodesics are then visualised using isometric embedding alongside the horizons of the black bottle.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143845610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constraining the f-mode oscillations frequency in neutron stars through universal relations in the realm of energy-momentum squared gravity","authors":"Sayantan Ghosh","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03405-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03405-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Neutron stars (NSs), superdense objects with exceptionally strong gravitational fields, provide an ideal laboratory for probing general relativity (GR) in the high-curvature regime. They also present an exciting opportunity to explore new gravitational physics beyond the traditional framework of GR. Thus, investigating modified theories of gravity in the context of superdense stars is intriguing and essential for advancing our understanding of gravitational phenomena in extreme environments. energy-momentum squared gravity (EMSG) is a modified theory of gravity that extends GR by including nonlinear terms involving the energy-momentum tensor <span>(T_{mu nu })</span>. EMSG and GR are indistinguishable in local tests like Solar System experiments, as both yield identical gravitational potentials, parametrized post-Newtonian (PPN) parameters, and geodesic motion in the weak-field regime. Therefore, detecting EMSG effects requires alternative approaches, such as NS observations in strong-field gravity. In this study, we examine the effects of EMSG on the properties and behaviour of NSs by varying the free parameter <span>(alpha )</span>. The hydrostatic equilibrium equations in the EMSG framework are derived and solved numerically to obtain mass-radius relations for soft, stiff, and intermediate equations of state (EOS). Observational measurements of NS masses and radii are used to constrain the fundamental-mode (<i>f</i>-mode) oscillation frequency through its universal relation with the tidal Love number and compactness. Results indicate that the stiff EOS undergoes a phase transition at the highest energy densities and pressures, followed by the intermediate and soft EOSs, highlighting the distinctive characteristics of these models. We also study the impact of EOS choice on the sound speed profile of NSs, reaffirming the physical validity of the models across the different <span>(alpha )</span> values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of the cosmological evolution parameters, energy conditions, and linear matter perturbations of an exponential-type model in f(Q) gravity","authors":"Ivan R. Vasquez, A. Oliveros","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03403-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03403-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We analytically study cosmological evolution in a flat FLRW spacetime in the context of modified STEGR gravity or <i>f</i>(<i>Q</i>), using an exponential two-parameter model which represents a smooth perturbative expansion around the <span>(Lambda )</span>CDM model. The cosmological analysis is carried out by calculating the Hubble parameter as a function of redshift, for selected values of the parameters. The Hubble parameter is obtained analytically by means of several approximations good enough to deviate slightly from the numerical solution. Several late-time cosmological parameters are computed, such as dark energy state parameter, deceleration parameter, and statefinder parameters. Additionally, we analyzed the behavior of the classical energy conditions WEC, SEC, NEC, and DEC for both the combination of matter and geometrical contribution and the geometrical contribution alone. Beyond the background level, linear matter perturbations are studied by calculating parameters relevant to structure growth and formation. The overall results indicate that the model may exhibit quintessence-like and phantom-like behavior and it also impacts the growth of structures in the universe by means late-time contributions to clustering.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agegraphic dark energy with fractional entropy: Implications for cosmological evolution","authors":"Muhammad Naeem, Aysha Bibi","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03401-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03401-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work revisits the agegraphic dark energy (ADE) model by associating fractional entropy with the apparent horizon. This reveals the extent to which quantum-gravitational effects deform the horizon. The thermodynamic-gravity conjecture modifies the entropy expression, leading to changes in the energy density of ADE and the Friedmann equations. Based on this relationship, we have utilized modified fractional cosmology to investigate the cosmological implications of ADE and demonstrate how the exponent <span>(delta )</span> affects the evolution of cosmic parameters. Depending on the value of <span>(delta )</span>, the equation of state (EoS) parameter <span>(omega _{text {DE}})</span> make transition from the quintessence range (<span>(-1< omega _{text {DE}} < -1/3)</span>) to the phantom regime <span>((omega _{text {DE}} < -1))</span>, resulting in a shift from early deceleration to late time acceleration. Furthermore, the stability, theoretical and observational analyses of both the old and the new ADE models are discussed. All ADE results are reproduced in standard cosmology when <span>(delta = 2)</span>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariana Lira, Laura O. Villegas, Javier M. Antelis, Víctor Jaramillo, Claudia Moreno, Darío Núñez
{"title":"On the detectability of gravitational waves emitted from head-on collisions of (ell )-boson stars","authors":"Mariana Lira, Laura O. Villegas, Javier M. Antelis, Víctor Jaramillo, Claudia Moreno, Darío Núñez","doi":"10.1007/s10714-025-03397-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10714-025-03397-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, we examine head-on collisions, produced by other work, of <span>(ell )</span>-boson stars, potential candidates for dark matter compact objects. We begin with a review of the general properties and features of these stars, leveraging results from prior studies to analyze the gravitational wave signals generated by such collisions. Considering a maximum distance of 100 Mpc for potential events, we identify the range of scalar field masses and frequencies for these stars that would render the gravitational waves detectable by current gravitational wave observatories. The ranges obtained for the scalar field masses are <span>(m_phi ,c^2 in [10^{-15}, 10^{-10}])</span> eV. Additionally, we process the resulting signals to generate simulated observatory images, highlighting their similarities and differences compared to those produced by black hole collisions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":578,"journal":{"name":"General Relativity and Gravitation","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10714-025-03397-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}