Hairy Black Holes: Insights and Advances
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "Compact Objects".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editors
Interests: black holes physics; traversable wormholes; gravitational waves; shadow imaging of compact objects
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hairy black holes are reshaping our understanding of gravity, challenging the traditional no-hair conjecture and revealing new dynamics within and beyond General Relativity (GR). These solutions, supported by scalar, vector, or tensor fields, open exciting opportunities to test fundamental physics, explore modified gravity, and connect to quantum gravity.
This Special Issue, “Hairy Black Holes: Insights and Advances,” invites cutting-edge contributions on:
1) Hairy black holes in GR and beyond (e.g., Einstein–scalar–Gauss–Bonnet gravity);
2) Stability and dynamical properties;
3) Observational signatures from gravitational waves, black hole shadows, and accretion disks (LIGO/Virgo, EHT, future missions);
4) Quantum aspects and holographic perspectives;
5) Implications for dark matter and the no-hair theorem.
We welcome both original research and comprehensive reviews. By uniting analytical, numerical, and phenomenological approaches, this issue aims to serve as a reference for researchers exploring the rich physics of black holes endowed with “hair”.
Dr. Xiao Yan Chew
Dr. Jose Luis Blázquez-Salcedo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hairy black holes
- general relativity
- modified gravity
- gravitational waves
- black hole shadows
- quantum gravity
- no-hair theorem
- numerical relativity
- dark matter models
- Event Horizon Telescope
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