Probing Lorentz-violating effects via precession and accretion disk images of a rotating bumblebee black hole

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Autores principales: Ou, Qing, Wu, Zhen-Bo, Wan, Qian, Li, Peng-Cheng
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author Ou, Qing
Wu, Zhen-Bo
Wan, Qian
Li, Peng-Cheng
author_facet Ou, Qing
Wu, Zhen-Bo
Wan, Qian
Li, Peng-Cheng
contents We investigate kinematic and optical signatures of Lorentz-violation in the strong-field region of a rotating bumblebee black hole generated by a scalar-gradient bumblebee field. Through the analysis of spin precession of test gyroscopes and timelike geodesic motion in the spacetime, we find that Lorentz-violating effect suppresses the Lense-Thirring precession near the horizon, while enhancing geodetic precession in the static, spherically symmetric limit. For bound circular orbits in the equatorial plane, the Lorentz-violation leads to an increase in the periastron precession frequency. Furthermore, images of a geometrically thin accretion disk reveal that the Lorentz-violation has a negligible impact on the critical curve, but significantly shrinks the inner shadow and enhances the lensed ring. These results indicate that inner shadow measurements, combined with selected precession observables, may provide complementary probes of Lorentz-violating effects in strong-field gravity.
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spellingShingle Probing Lorentz-violating effects via precession and accretion disk images of a rotating bumblebee black hole
Ou, Qing
Wu, Zhen-Bo
Wan, Qian
Li, Peng-Cheng
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We investigate kinematic and optical signatures of Lorentz-violation in the strong-field region of a rotating bumblebee black hole generated by a scalar-gradient bumblebee field. Through the analysis of spin precession of test gyroscopes and timelike geodesic motion in the spacetime, we find that Lorentz-violating effect suppresses the Lense-Thirring precession near the horizon, while enhancing geodetic precession in the static, spherically symmetric limit. For bound circular orbits in the equatorial plane, the Lorentz-violation leads to an increase in the periastron precession frequency. Furthermore, images of a geometrically thin accretion disk reveal that the Lorentz-violation has a negligible impact on the critical curve, but significantly shrinks the inner shadow and enhances the lensed ring. These results indicate that inner shadow measurements, combined with selected precession observables, may provide complementary probes of Lorentz-violating effects in strong-field gravity.
title Probing Lorentz-violating effects via precession and accretion disk images of a rotating bumblebee black hole
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00570