Observational appearance of a freely-falling star in an asymmetric thin-shell wormhole

Autor: Yiqian Chen, Peng Wang, Houwen Wu, Haitang Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 83, Iss 5, Pp 1-14 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1434-6052
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11486-y
Popis: Abstract It has been recently reported that, at late times, the total luminosity of a star freely falling in black holes decays exponentially with time, and one or two series of flashes with decreasing intensity are seen by a specific observer, depending on the number of photon spheres. In this paper, we examine observational appearances of an infalling star in a reflection-asymmetric wormhole, which has two photon spheres, one on each side of the wormhole. We find that the late-time total luminosity measured by distant observers gradually decays with time or remains roughly constant due to the absence of the event horizon. Moreover, a specific observer would detect a couple of light flashes in a bright background at late times. These observations would offer a new tool to distinguish wormholes from black holes, even those with multiple photon spheres.
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