Constraining the metric-affine bumblebee gravity parameter using black hole shadows and quasiperiodic oscillations of galactic microquasars

Abstract We examine a static spherically symmetric black hole metric that originates from the vacuum solution of the traceless metric-affine bumblebee model in which spontaneous Lorentz symmetry-breaking occurs when the bumblebee fields acquire a non-vanishing vacuum expectation value. A free Lorent...

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Main Authors: Sohan Kumar Jha, Anisur Rahaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-04-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14110-3
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Summary:Abstract We examine a static spherically symmetric black hole metric that originates from the vacuum solution of the traceless metric-affine bumblebee model in which spontaneous Lorentz symmetry-breaking occurs when the bumblebee fields acquire a non-vanishing vacuum expectation value. A free Lorentz-violating parameter enters into the basic formulation of the metric-affine bumblebee model. In this study, we use observations from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration on $$M87^*$$ M 87 ∗ and $$SgrA^*$$ S g r A ∗ to analyse the shadow of the black hole and an attempt has been made to constrain that free Lorentz-violating parameter. We also investigate particle motion over time-like geodesics and compute the corresponding epicyclic frequencies. We further constrain the Lorentz-violating parameter by using the reported high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of microquasars, offering new insights into its possible impact on astrophysical phenomena.
ISSN:1434-6052