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20222026
most citedShadow, lensing, quasinormal modes, greybody bounds and neutrino propagation by dyonic ModMax black holes

170 citations

59 papers

gr-qc2026

Redshift Spectroscopy as a Probe of Regular Black Holes, Black Bounces, and Scalar-Hair Compact Objects

Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig, Joel Saavedra

Motivated by [Phys. Rev. D. 107, 064019 (2023)], we develop a unified and model-independent framework for the spectroscopy of photon frequency shifts in generic static, spherically…

gr-qc2026

An obstruction and residual-completion theory for Newman--Janis deformations

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

We formulate an obstruction and residual-completion theory for Newman-Janis-type deformations of black hole seeds, where Newman-Janis-type includes both the original complex-coordi…

gr-qc2026

Energy extraction from NED-deformed rotating black holes via the Comisso-Asenjo reconnection process

Marco Figliolia, Gaetano Lambiase, Ali Övgün +1

We study rotating black holes in general relativity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (NED), focusing on an axisymmetric solution with deformation parameter . On the spherica…

gr-qc2026

Noether charges and the first law of thermodynamics for multifractional Schwarzschild black hole in the q-derivative theory

Reggie C. Pantig

In this paper, we investigate black-hole thermodynamics in the multi-fractional theory with -derivatives, focusing on static, spherically symmetric vacuum solutions in the spher…

gr-qc2026★ 3 cited

Reference-renormalized curvature-primitive Gauss-Bonnet formalism for finite-distance weak gravitational lensing in static spherical spacetimes

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

We develop a reference-renormalized (photon-sphere-free) normalization scheme for Gauss-Bonnet gravitational lensing at finite distance in static, spherically symmetric spacetimes.…

gr-qc2026

Josephson Effects in Slowly Rotating Spacetimes

Nurmukhammed Aytimbetov, Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün +2

We investigate Josephson phenomena in a slowly rotating stationary spacetime, emphasizing the distinct roles of gravitational redshift and rotational frame dragging motivated by [1…

gr-qc2026★ 3 cited

Gauss-Bonnet lensing of spinning massive particles in static spherically symmetric spacetimes

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

We extend the finite-distance Jacobi-metric Gauss-Bonnet framework of Li \textit{et al}. [10.1103/PhysRevD.101.124058] to massive test particles carrying intrinsic spin. At pole-di…

gr-qc2026★ 1 cited

Horizon-Brightened Acceleration Radiation and Optical Signatures of Generic Regular Black Holes from Nonlinear Electrodynamics

Uktamjon Uktamov, Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig +1

We investigate horizon-brightened acceleration radiation (HBAR) and optical signatures for a broad class of regular black holes sourced by nonlinear electrodynamics. The spacetimes…

gr-qc2026

Radial Integral Reformulation of the Gauss-Bonnet Weak Deflection Angle at Finite Distance

Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig

We develop a radial integral reformulation of finite distance gravitational lensing in optical geometry for static, spherically symmetric spacetimes. Starting from the Gauss-Bonnet…

gr-qc2026★ 1 cited

Finite Distance Corrections to Vacuum Birefringence in Strong Gravitational and Electromagnetic Fields

Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig

We study polarization dependent photon propagation in static, spherically symmetric spacetimes permeated by strong magnetic fields, with the aim of quantifying how finite emission…

gr-qc2026★ 3 cited

Boundary-only weak deflection angles from isothermal optical geometry

Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig

We develop a boundary only method for computing weak gravitational deflection angles at finite source and receiver distances within the Gauss-Bonnet theorem formulation of optical…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

Horizon brightened acceleration radiation from massive vector fields

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

In this paper, we develop a quantum-optical treatment of acceleration radiation for atoms freely falling into a Schwarzschild black hole when the ambient field is a massive spin-1…

gr-qc2025

Ringdown modulation of acceleration radiation in the Schwarzschild background

Reggie C. Pantig

We derive an analytic first-order description of how Schwarzschild ringdown affects a detector-based detailed-balance diagnostic in a near-horizon, single-mode setting. A freely fa…

hep-th2025★ 3 cited

Josephson's effect in the Schwarzschild background

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

We develop a fully covariant, analytic framework for Josephson phenomena in static curved spacetimes and specialize it to the Schwarzschild exterior. The formulation rests on two i…

hep-th2025

Time-dependent black hole lensing from ringdown quasinormal mode

Reggie C. Pantig

Is it possible to find imprints of a black hole ringdown through gravitational lensing? To address this question, we formulate an analytic description of weak-field and strong-defl…

hep-th2025★ 2 cited

Shadow Ringing of Black Holes from Photon Sphere Quasinormal Modes

Reggie C. Pantig

The recent convergence of gravitational-wave (GW) observations and black hole imaging provides complementary probes of strong-gravity dynamics. While the black hole shadow is typic…

hep-th2025★ 3 cited

Gravitational Black Hole Shadow Spectroscopy

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

In this work, we develop a generalized perturbative framework for gravitational shadows in static, spherically symmetric spacetimes. Building upon the recent two-parameter perturba…

gr-qc2025★ 8 cited

Acceleration Radiation from Derivative-Coupled Atoms Falling in Modified Gravity Black Holes

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

The interaction of quantum detector models with fields in curved spacetimes provides fundamental insights into phenomena such as Hawking and Unruh radiation. While standard models…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

The Sound of an Orbit: A Quantum Spectrum at the ISCO

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün

We investigate the quantum signature of the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO), a region of profound importance in black hole astrophysics. By modeling an atom as an Unruh-DeWi…

gr-qc2025★ 6 cited

HBAR entropy of Infalling Atoms into a GUP-corrected Schwarzschild Black Hole and equivalence principle

Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig

In this work, we have investigated the phenomenon of acceleration radiation exhibited by a two-level atom freely falling into a Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP)-corrected Sc…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Probing Quantum Gravity in Stellar Spacetimes: Phenomenological Insights

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Ovgun, Gaetano Lambiase

We explore the weak-field phenomenology of a compact star spacetime modified by quantum gravitational corrections derived from the effective field theoretical (EFT) approach by Cal…

gr-qc2025★ 9 cited

Charged black holes in Kalb-Ramond gravity: Weak Deflection Angle, Shadow cast, Quasinormal Modes and Neutrino annihilation

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Övgün, Ángel Rincón

In this paper, we investigate the phenomenology of electrically charged black holes in a Lorentz-violating gravitational framework mediated by a background Kalb-Ramond (KR) antisym…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Black Hole Solutions in Dark Photon Models with Higher Order Corrections

Ali Övgün, Reggie C. Pantig

In this work, we derive new analytic, static, symmetric black hole solutions in theories involving dark photons with minimal and higher-order magnetic dipole interactions. Starting…

gr-qc2025

Phenomenology of Schwarzschild-like Black Holes with a Generalized Compton Wavelength

Reggie C. Pantig, Ali Ovgun, Gaetano Lambiase

We investigate the influence of the generalized Compton wavelength (GCW), emerging from a three-dimensional dynamical quantum vacuum (3D DQV) on Schwarzschild-like black hole space…