Testing the Spacetime Geometry of Sgr A* with the Relativistic Orbit of S2 star
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| author | Bambhaniya, Parth Dalal, Preet Vicentin, Giovani H. Della Monica, Riccardo Pino, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Patel, Bina |
| author_facet | Bambhaniya, Parth Dalal, Preet Vicentin, Giovani H. Della Monica, Riccardo Pino, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Patel, Bina |
| contents | In this work, we perform a relativistic test of the spacetime geometry of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) using the orbit of the S2 star. We consider a broad class of compact object models, including Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordström, Bardeen, Hayward, and Simpson-Visser black holes, as well as the Janis-Newman-Winicour naked singularity spacetime. For each geometry, we integrate the timelike geodesic equations and consistently project the resulting trajectories onto astrometric and spectroscopic observables, incorporating Rømer time delay and relativistic redshift effects. The theoretical predictions are tested with current Very Large Telescope (VLT) observations of the S2 star, while simultaneously imposing constraints from the Event Horizon Telescope shadow size. We find that several spacetimes that are degenerate at the level of shadow imaging, most notably Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordström, and Bardeen regular black hole geometries, remain statistically indistinguishable when tested against present S2 data. We further carry out a statistical model comparison based on the Akaike and Bayesian information criteria (AIC and BIC) to evaluate the relative performance of the alternative spacetime models. Our analysis also constrains the generalized charge like parameter $q/M$ in non-Schwarzschild spacetimes based on current S2 star observations, and identifies specific black hole and horizonless geometries that can be further tested with forthcoming high precision astrometric observations from the VLT and Keck telescopes. |
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| spellingShingle | Testing the Spacetime Geometry of Sgr A* with the Relativistic Orbit of S2 star Bambhaniya, Parth Dalal, Preet Vicentin, Giovani H. Della Monica, Riccardo Pino, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Patel, Bina General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Astrophysics of Galaxies In this work, we perform a relativistic test of the spacetime geometry of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) using the orbit of the S2 star. We consider a broad class of compact object models, including Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordström, Bardeen, Hayward, and Simpson-Visser black holes, as well as the Janis-Newman-Winicour naked singularity spacetime. For each geometry, we integrate the timelike geodesic equations and consistently project the resulting trajectories onto astrometric and spectroscopic observables, incorporating Rømer time delay and relativistic redshift effects. The theoretical predictions are tested with current Very Large Telescope (VLT) observations of the S2 star, while simultaneously imposing constraints from the Event Horizon Telescope shadow size. We find that several spacetimes that are degenerate at the level of shadow imaging, most notably Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordström, and Bardeen regular black hole geometries, remain statistically indistinguishable when tested against present S2 data. We further carry out a statistical model comparison based on the Akaike and Bayesian information criteria (AIC and BIC) to evaluate the relative performance of the alternative spacetime models. Our analysis also constrains the generalized charge like parameter $q/M$ in non-Schwarzschild spacetimes based on current S2 star observations, and identifies specific black hole and horizonless geometries that can be further tested with forthcoming high precision astrometric observations from the VLT and Keck telescopes. |
| title | Testing the Spacetime Geometry of Sgr A* with the Relativistic Orbit of S2 star |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18994 |