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most citedShadow of a Naked Singularity without Photon Sphere

98 citations · 366 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

gr-qc2025

Optical appearance of regularized compact objects without an exterior photon sphere

Ashok B. Joshi, Vishva Patel, Parth C. Varasani

Recent observations by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) indicate that the shadow of the compact object at our Galaxy's center (Sgr A*) closely resembles that of a Schwarzschild bl…

gr-qc2025

Thermodynamic Phase Transitions and Quantum Entropy Corrections in the Simpson-Visser Regular Black Hole

Vinayak Joshi, Ashok B. Joshi

Regular black holes offer a compelling framework to explore the consequences of resolving the central singularity of standard black holes. Using the Simpson-Visser ``black-bounce"…

gr-qc2025

Tidal disruption of a neutron star near naked singularity

Ashok B. Joshi, Pankaj S. Joshi, Sudip Bhattacharyya

We investigate the tidal disruption of a neutron star (NS) near a black hole (BH), and for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, near a naked singularity (NaS). For a BH wi…

gr-qc2024

Tidal forces in collapsing compact objects

Ashok B. Joshi, Dipanjan Dey, Pankaj S. Joshi +1

In this work, we investigate tidal forces in the Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) metric, focusing on both hidden and locally visible singularities. We discuss the strength of these sin…

gr-qc2024

Spacetime singularities and caustic of outgoing null hypersurfaces

Ashok B. Joshi

In this paper, we investigate the caustic point developed by outgoing null hypersurfaces and the behavior of null curves. We analyze three cases: Future, past, and zero caustic poi…

gr-qc2024★ 16 cited

Particle motion and tidal force in a non-vacuum-charged naked singularity

Divyesh P. Viththani, Ashok B. Joshi, Tapobroto Bhanja +1

In this article, we investigate the gravitational field of a charged, non-vacuum, non-rotating, spherically symmetric body of mass assuming a static solution to the Einstein-Ma…

gr-qc2023

Future-null singularity due to gravitational collapse

Ashok B. Joshi, Karim Mosani, Pankaj S. Joshi

In the case of unhindered gravitational collapse of matter cloud governed by the Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) spacetime, the end-state singularity is either locally visible, globall…

gr-qc2022

Observational aspects of a class of Dark matter spacetimes

Ashok B. Joshi, Divya Tahelyani, Dipanjan Dey +1

Various astrophysical and cosmological observations today serve as an indirect evidence of the existence of dark matter in the universe. In the present work, we propose a class of…

gr-qc2022★ 3 cited

Relativistic orbits of S2 star in the presence of scalar field

Parth Bambhaniya, Ashok B. Joshi, Dipanjan Dey +4

The general theory of relativity predicts the relativistic effect in the orbital motions of S-stars which are orbiting around our Milky-way galactic center. The post-Newtonian or h…

gr-qc2022★ 21 cited

Light trajectory and shadow shape in the rotating naked singularity

Vishva Patel, Divya Tahelyani, Ashok B. Joshi +2

In this paper, we investigate the light trajectories and shadow properties in the rotating version of null naked singularity (NNS) spacetime which is derived using the Newman- Jani…

gr-qc2022★ 14 cited

Comparing thin accretion disk properties of naked singularities and black holes

Divya Tahelyani, Ashok B. Joshi, Dipanjan Dey +1

In the present paper, we study the thermal properties of the geometrically thin accretion disks surrounding the null naked singularity (NNS) and the first type of Joshi-Malafarina-…

gr-qc2021

Lense-Thirring effect and precession of timelike geodesics in slowly rotating black hole and naked singularity spacetimes

Parth Bambhaniya, Jay S. Verma, Dipanjan Dey +2

In this paper, we investigate the properties of the Lense-Thirring precession frequency and periastron precession of the relativistic bound orbits in slowly rotating naked singular…

gr-qc2021★ 3 cited

Comparing Shadows of Blackhole and Naked Singularity

Kanwar Preet Kaur, Pankaj S. Joshi, Dipanjan Dey +2

It is now theoretically well established that not only a black hole can cast shadow, but other compact objects such as naked singularities, gravastar or boson stars can also cast s…

gr-qc2021★ 33 cited

Towards an observational test of black hole versus naked singularity at the galactic center

Dipanjan Dey, Pankaj S. Joshi, Ashok Joshi +1

While the event horizon of a black hole could cast a shadow that was observed recently, a central singularity without horizon could also give rise to such a feature. This leaves us…

gr-qc2021★ 61 cited

Shadows and negative precession in non-Kerr spacetime

Parth Bambhaniya, Dipanjan Dey, Ashok B. Joshi +3

It is now known that the shadow is not only the property of a black hole, it can also be cast by other compact objects like naked singularities. However, there exist some novel fea…

gr-qc2020★ 38 cited

Precession of timelike bound orbits in Kerr spacetime

Parth Bambhaniya, Divyesh N. Solanki, Dipanjan Dey +3

Astrometric observations of S-stars provide a unique opportunity to probe the nature of Sagittarius-A* (Sgr-A*). In view of this, it has become important to understand the nature a…

gr-qc2020★ 98 cited

Shadow of a Naked Singularity without Photon Sphere

Ashok B. Joshi, Dipanjan Dey, Pankaj S. Joshi +1

It is generally believed that the shadows of either a black hole or naked singularity arise due to photon spheres developing in these spacetimes. Here we propose a new spherically…

gr-qc2019★ 6 cited

Timelike Geodesics in Naked Singularity and Black Hole Spacetimes II

Ashok B. Joshi, Parth Bambhaniya, Dipanjan Dey +1

We derive here the orbit equations of particles in naked singularity spacetimes, namely the Bertrand (BST) and Janis-Newman-Winicour (JNW) geometries, and for the Schwarzschild bla…

gr-qc2019★ 73 cited

Timelike geodesics in Naked Singularity and Black Hole Spacetimes

Parth Bambhaniya, Ashok B. Joshi, Dipanjan Dey +1

In this paper, we derive the solutions of orbit equations for a class of naked singularity spacetimes, and compare these with timelike orbits, that is, particle trajectories in the…