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Hauptverfasser: Qi, Qi, Sang, Yu, Kuang, Xiao-Mei
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06491
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author Qi, Qi
Sang, Yu
Kuang, Xiao-Mei
author_facet Qi, Qi
Sang, Yu
Kuang, Xiao-Mei
contents Testing Lorentz symmetry in strong gravitational fields provides a promising probe of extensions to general relativity. The supermassive black hole Sgr~A* and the orbit of the S-stars offer a laboratory for such tests in a regime beyond weak field limit. We analyze the S2 orbital data focusing on the Schwarzschild-like black hole within bumblebee gravity, where deviations from general relativity are encoded in a single Lorentz-violating parameter $\ell$. Using a full 14-dimensional Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis under uniform and Gaussian priors, we obtain $\ell = {-8.01 \times 10^{-5}}^{+2.77 \times 10^{-4}}_{-2.09 \times 10^{-4}} $ and $\ell = {1.00 \times 10^{-5}}^{+2.90 \times 10^{-4}}_{-2.91 \times 10^{-4}} $ at $1σ$ confidence level, respectively. These constraints are about three orders of magnitude tighter than those from Event Horizon Telescope imaging of Sgr~A*.
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spellingShingle Probing a Lorentz-violating parameter from orbital precession of the S2 star around the galactic centre supermassive black hole
Qi, Qi
Sang, Yu
Kuang, Xiao-Mei
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Testing Lorentz symmetry in strong gravitational fields provides a promising probe of extensions to general relativity. The supermassive black hole Sgr~A* and the orbit of the S-stars offer a laboratory for such tests in a regime beyond weak field limit. We analyze the S2 orbital data focusing on the Schwarzschild-like black hole within bumblebee gravity, where deviations from general relativity are encoded in a single Lorentz-violating parameter $\ell$. Using a full 14-dimensional Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis under uniform and Gaussian priors, we obtain $\ell = {-8.01 \times 10^{-5}}^{+2.77 \times 10^{-4}}_{-2.09 \times 10^{-4}} $ and $\ell = {1.00 \times 10^{-5}}^{+2.90 \times 10^{-4}}_{-2.91 \times 10^{-4}} $ at $1σ$ confidence level, respectively. These constraints are about three orders of magnitude tighter than those from Event Horizon Telescope imaging of Sgr~A*.
title Probing a Lorentz-violating parameter from orbital precession of the S2 star around the galactic centre supermassive black hole
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06491