Monday, March 19, 2012

1112.6349 (Leonardo Amarilla et al.)

Shadow of a rotating braneworld black hole    [PDF]

Leonardo Amarilla, Ernesto F. Eiroa
We investigate the shadow cast by a rotating braneworld black hole, in the Randall-Sundrum scenario. In addition to the angular momentum, the tidal charge term deforms the shape of the shadow. For a given value of the rotation parameter, the presence of a negative tidal charge enlarges the shadow and reduces its deformation with respect to Kerr spacetime, while for a positive charge, the opposite effect is obtained. We also analyze the case in which the combination of the rotation parameter and the tidal charge results in a naked singularity. We discuss the observational prospects corresponding to the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.6349

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