Black Hole Shadow and Light Deflection in Generalized Heisenberg-Euler Nonlinear Electrodynamics
Abstract
We study the optical properties of electrically charged black holes sourced by generalized Heisenberg-Euler nonlinear electrodynamics (NLED) in the second-order formalism. Using the exact parametric form of the static spherically symmetric solution, we analyze the photon sphere, the black hole shadow, and the light deflection angle, and compare the results with those of the Reissner-Nordström and Schwarzschild cases. We find that the photon sphere and shadow radii decrease with increasing charge and increase with black hole mass, while NLED effects become significant mainly near extremality. By confronting the dimensionless shadow radius with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) bounds from Sgr A* and M87*, we derive phenomenological upper limits on the charge, with Sgr A* providing the stronger constraint. We further show that, for fixed impact parameter and charge, the deflection angle is systematically larger than in the corresponding Reissner-Nordström spacetime, and that the critical impact parameter is shifted to larger values. Our results show that NLED corrections produce observable modifications in the optical properties of charged black holes, especially close to extremality.
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BibTeX
@misc{pulice2026black,
title = {{Black Hole Shadow and Light Deflection in Generalized Heisenberg-Euler Nonlinear Electrodynamics}},
author = {Beyhan Puliçe and Ali Övgün and Yosef Verbin},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.18615},
eprint = {2609.18615},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18615},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Black Hole Shadow and Light Deflection in Generalized Heisenberg-Euler Nonlinear Electrodynamics
AU - Beyhan Puliçe
AU - Ali Övgün
AU - Yosef Verbin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.18615
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18615
AB - We study the optical properties of electrically charged black holes sourced by generalized Heisenberg-Euler nonlinear electrodynamics (NLED) in the second-order formalism. Using the exact parametric form of the static spherically symmetric solution, we analyze the photon sphere, the black hole shadow, and the light deflection angle, and compare the results with those of the Reissner-Nordström and Schwarzschild cases. We find that the photon sphere and shadow radii decrease with increasing charge and increase with black hole mass, while NLED effects become significant mainly near extremality. By confronting the dimensionless shadow radius with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) bounds from Sgr A* and M87*, we derive phenomenological upper limits on the charge, with Sgr A* providing the stronger constraint. We further show that, for fixed impact parameter and charge, the deflection angle is systematically larger than in the corresponding Reissner-Nordström spacetime, and that the critical impact parameter is shifted to larger values. Our results show that NLED corrections produce observable modifications in the optical properties of charged black holes, especially close to extremality.
ER -