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In this paper, we obtain a new class of stationary axisymmetric spacetimes by using the Gürses–Gürsey metric with an appropriate mass function in order to generate a rotating core of matter that may be smoothly matched to the exterior Kerr metric. The same stationary spacetimes may be obtained by applying a slightly modified version of the Newman–Janis algorithm to a nonrotating spherically symmetric seed metric. The starting spherically symmetric configuration represents a nonisotropic de Sitter-type fluid whose radial pressure $p_r$ satisfies an state equation of the form $p_r=-\rho$, where the energy density $\rho$ is chosen to be the Tolman-type-VII energy density [R. C. Tolman, Phys. Rev.55, 364 (1939)]. The resulting rotating metric is then smoothly matched to the exterior Kerr metric, and the main properties of the obtained geometries are investigated. All the solutions considered in this study are regular in the sense they are free of curvature singularities. Depending on the relative values of the total mass m and rotation parameter a, the resulting stationary spacetimes represent different kinds of rotating compact objects such as regular black holes, extremal regular black holes, and regular starlike configurations.

In this paper, we reproduce the rotation curve of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) by taking into account its bulge, disk and halo components, considering the last one to contain the major part of dark matter mass. Hence, our prescription is to split the galactic bulge into two components, namely, the inner and main bulges, respectively. Both bulges are thus modeled by exponential density profiles since we underline that the widely accepted de Vaucouleurs law fails to reproduce the whole galactic bulge rotation curve. In addition, we adopt various well-known phenomenological dark matter profiles to estimate the dark matter mass in the halo region. Moreover, we apply the least-squares fitting method to determine from the rotation curve the model free parameters, namely, the characteristic (central) density, scale radius and consequently the total mass. To do so, we perform Markov chain Monte Carlo statistical analyses based on the Metropolis algorithm, maximizing our likelihoods adopting velocity and radii data points of the rotation curves. We do not fit separately the components for bulges, disk and halo, but we perform an overall fit including all the components and employing all the data points. Thus, we critically analyze our corresponding findings and, in particular, we employ the Bayesian information criterion to assess the most accredited model to describe M31 dark matter dynamics.

The imprint of interacting dark energy (IDE) needs to be correctly identified in order to avoid bias in constraints on IDE. This paper investigates the large-scale imprint of IDE in redshift-space distortions (RSDs), using Euclid-like photometric prescriptions. A first attempt at incorporating the IDE dynamics in the galaxy (clustering and evolution) biases is made. Without IDE dynamics taken into account in the galaxy biases, as is conventionally done, the results suggest that for a constant dark energy (DE) equation of state parameter, an IDE model where the DE transfer rate is proportional to the DE density exhibits an alternating, positive–negative effect in the RSDs angular power spectrum. However, when the IDE dynamics is incorporated in the galaxy biases, it is found that the apparent positive–negative alternating effect vanishes: implying that neglecting IDE dynamics in the galaxy biases can result in “artifacts” that can lead to incorrect identification of the IDE imprint. In general, the results show that multi-tracer analysis will be needed to beat down cosmic variance in order for the RSDs angular power spectrum as a statistic to be a viable diagnostic of IDE. Moreover, it is found that RSDs hold the potential to constrain IDE on large scales, at redshifts $z\le 1$, with the scenario having IDE dynamics incorporated in the biases showing better potential.

Colliding or noncolliding plane-fronted electromagnetic or gravitational waves are the asymptotic limit of Robinson–Trautman spherical electromagnetic or gravitational waves. Noncolliding plane-fronted waves contain no information about their sources whereas colliding waves contain information about possibly the motion of their sources. As a first step to investigate the latter phenomenon, we construct an asymptotic limit of Liénard–Wiechert electromagnetic fields in the context of Minkowskian spacetime. This has the advantage that the source is well known and the calculations can be carried out in full detail. The final result is an algebraically general Maxwell field which consists of colliding plane-fronted waves in a subregion of Minkowskian spacetime and an interesting byproduct is a novel perspective on a Maxwell field originally discovered by Bateman.

Cosmological models with inflation and those with bounce have their own strengths and weaknesses. Here, we construct a model in which a phase of bounce is followed by a viable inflationary phase. This incorporates several advantages of both and hence, is a more viable model for cosmic evolution. We explore scenarios wherein the bouncing phase smoothly transits to an inflationary one, with the pivot scale leaving the Hubble horizon during the latter era, thereby maintaining consistency with observations. Staying within the ambit of Einstein–Hilbert gravity augmented by the inflation, we ensure a pre-inflationary bounce by introducing a second scalar field that helps engineer the requisite violation of the null energy condition. Potential ghost instabilities can be mitigated by invoking a nontrivial coupling between the two scalar fields.

In this paper, we explore the physical properties and characteristics of static, spherically symmetric wormholes in the background of Rastall–Rainbow gravity. The Rastall–Rainbow gravity theory has recently been proposed as a combination of two theories, namely, the Rastall theory and the Rainbow description. We implemented noncommutativity by adopting two different distributions of energy density (Gaussian and Lorentzian) in the Morris and Thorne metric. We solve the field equations analytically and discuss all the properties of wormholes depending on the two model parameters. Notably, for specific parameter ranges, one can alleviate the violation of the WEC at the throat and its neighborhood.

Based on the work of Chandrasekhar [The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes, Chap. 3, Sec. 20 (Oxford University Press, 1992)], we investigate the null geodesic structure of the emergent Barriola–Vilenkin (BV) spacetime in the context of k-essence theory. For k-essence, the emergent gravity metric is a one-to-one correspondence with the BV metric connected to the Schwarzschild background, where the global monopole charge is replaced by the dark energy density. This equivalence holds specifically for a certain class of k-essence scalar fields that have been constructed by Gangopadhyay and Manna [Eur. Phys. Lett. 100, 49001 (2012)]. We have traced out different trajectories for null geodesic in the presence of dark energy for the k-essence emergent BV spacetime. It is demonstrated that the outcomes deviate from the typical Schwarzschild spacetime owing to the fundamental configuration with a constant dark energy density.