Hairy black holes via gravitational decoupling: light rings, absorption and spectral lines

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Main Authors: Ribeiro, Gabriel P., Magalhães, Renan B., Crispino, Luís C. B.
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Published: 2025
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author Ribeiro, Gabriel P.
Magalhães, Renan B.
Crispino, Luís C. B.
author_facet Ribeiro, Gabriel P.
Magalhães, Renan B.
Crispino, Luís C. B.
contents We investigate the absorption of massless scalar waves by three distinct hairy black hole solutions obtained through the gravitational decoupling method, considering the weak, the strong or the dominant energy conditions. Remarkably, in certain configurations of hairy black holes associated with the fulfillment of the weak energy condition, quasibound states may appear, resulting in Breit-Wigner-like resonances in their absorption profile. These quasibound states (and consequently the spectral lines in the absorption spectrum) can be related to stable light rings in the spacetime, a structure often associated with horizonless exotic compact objects, such as wormholes. We investigate how the gravitational decoupling method introduces novel light ring structures in hairy black holes and influences the absorption spectra through its deformation parameters. Our numerical results show excellent agreement with well-known approximations.
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spellingShingle Hairy black holes via gravitational decoupling: light rings, absorption and spectral lines
Ribeiro, Gabriel P.
Magalhães, Renan B.
Crispino, Luís C. B.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We investigate the absorption of massless scalar waves by three distinct hairy black hole solutions obtained through the gravitational decoupling method, considering the weak, the strong or the dominant energy conditions. Remarkably, in certain configurations of hairy black holes associated with the fulfillment of the weak energy condition, quasibound states may appear, resulting in Breit-Wigner-like resonances in their absorption profile. These quasibound states (and consequently the spectral lines in the absorption spectrum) can be related to stable light rings in the spacetime, a structure often associated with horizonless exotic compact objects, such as wormholes. We investigate how the gravitational decoupling method introduces novel light ring structures in hairy black holes and influences the absorption spectra through its deformation parameters. Our numerical results show excellent agreement with well-known approximations.
title Hairy black holes via gravitational decoupling: light rings, absorption and spectral lines
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04377