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most citedHow different are shadows of compact objects with and without horizons?

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astro-ph.HE2026

Broadened Lensing Rings of Compact Boson Stars: Enhanced Imprint of Accretion Flow in Images and Visibilities

Xiangyu Wang, Xinyu Wang, Minyong Guo +1

In this work, we systematically study the gravitational lensing properties and observational signatures of compact boson stars. Unlike black holes, the photon effective potential o…

astro-ph.HE2026

Bayesian Analysis of Massive Boson Star Models for Sagittarius A* Using Near-Infrared Astrometry Data

Xiangyu Wang, Tian-chi Ma, Minyong Guo +1

Assuming that the compact source at the Galactic center, Sagittarius A*, is a massive boson star, we fit the near-infrared flare astrometry data. We consider 12 discrete boson star…

astro-ph.HE2026

Testing solitonic boson star interpretations of Sagittarius A* with near-infrared flare astrometry

Xiangyu Wang, Zhenyu Zhang, Hai-Qing Zhang +2

We use GRAVITY near-infrared (NIR) flare astrometry to test whether Sagittarius A* could be a solitonic boson star. We consider five spherically symmetric solitonic boson-star mode…

gr-qc2024★ 13 cited

Is a photon ring invariably a closed structure?

Xiangyu Wang, Xiaobao Wang, Hai-Qing Zhang +1

In this study, we investigate the image of a rotating compact object (CO) illuminated by a geometrically thin, optically thin disk on the equatorial plane. As the radius of the CO'…

gr-qc2023★ 19 cited

How different are shadows of compact objects with and without horizons?

Xiangyu Wang, Yehui Hou, Minyong Guo

In this work, we theoretically assume that a compact object (CO) can have a dark surface so that the CO is simplified to have no emissions and reflections. Considering that the rad…