Speaker
Daniel Mayerson
(IPhT, CEA Saclay)
Description
I will present our imaging study of four-dimensional, string-theoretical, horizonless "fuzzball" geometries. Their microstructure traps light rays straying near the would-be horizon on long-lived, highly redshifted chaotic orbits. In fuzzballs sufficiently near the scaling limit this creates a shadow much like that of a black hole, while avoiding the paradoxes associated with an event horizon. Observations of the shadow size and residual glow can potentially discriminate between fuzzballs away from the scaling limit and alternative models of black compact objects.
Primary authors
Daniel Mayerson
(IPhT, CEA Saclay)
Fabio Bacchini
Bart Ripperda
(Princeton University/Flatiron Institute)
Jordy Davelaar
Hector Olivares
Thomas Hertog
Bert Vercnocke
