Probing a non-linear electrodynamics black hole with thin accretion disk, shadow, and deflection angle with M87*and Sgr A* from EHT

Abstract

Non-linear interaction between the electromagnetic fields (EMF) occurs when vacuum polarization in quantum electrodynamics (QED) happens. The field of non-linear electrodynamics, which may result from this interaction, could have important effects on black hole physics. This paper considers the asymptotically flat black hole solution in Einstein-nonlinear electrodynamics (NLE) fields. We study the effect of the NLE parameters on the black hole deflection angle using the Gauss-Bonnet theorem in weak field limits, shadow cast using the null geodesics method, and thin accretion disk using the Novikov-Thorne model. In particular, we studied the time-averaged energy flux, the disk temperature, the differential luminosity, the different emission profiles, and infalling spherical accretion. Then we show how the physical quantities depend on beta and C parameters of NLE and provide some constraints on the NLE parameters using the observations of M87* and Sgr A* from EHT.(c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.