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We develop a fully gauge-invariant analysis of gravitational-wave polarizations in metric $f\left(R\right)$ gravity with a particular focus on the modified Starobinsky model $f\left(R\right)=R+\alpha R^2-2\mathsf{\Lambda }$, whose constant-curvature solution $R_d=4\mathsf{\Lambda }$ provides a natural de Sitter background for both early- and late-time cosmology. Linearizing the field equations around this background, we derive the Klein–Gordon equation for the curvature perturbation $\delta R$ and show that the scalar propagating mode acquires a mass $m_{\psi }^2=1/\left(6\alpha \right)$, highlighting how the same scalar degree of freedom governs inflationary dynamics at high curvature and the propagation of gravitational waves in the current accelerating Universe. Using the scalar–vector–tensor decomposition and a decomposition of the perturbed Ricci tensor, we obtain a set of fully gauge-invariant propagation equations that isolate the contributions of the scalar, vector, and tensor modes in the presence of matter. We find that the tensor sector retains the two transverse–traceless polarizations of General Relativity, while the scalar sector contains an additional massive scalar propagating degree of freedom, which manifests through breathing and longitudinal tidal responses depending on the wave regime and detector frame. Through the geodesic deviation equation—computed both in a local Minkowski patch and in fully covariant de Sitter form—we independently recover the same polarization content and identify its tidal signatures. The resulting framework connects the extra scalar polarization to cosmological observables: the massive scalar propagating mode sets the range of the fifth force, influences the time evolution of gravitational potentials, and affects the propagation and dispersion of gravitational waves on cosmological scales. This provides a unified, gauge-invariant link between gravitational-wave phenomenology and the cosmological implications of metric $f\left(R\right)$ gravity. Full article

This paper discusses the nonlinear stability of a thin-shell wormhole from a regular black hole in Bardeen–de Sitter spacetime in the $f\left(R\right)$ gravity framework. The stability is examined under the linear perturbation about static solution and a nonlinear variable equation of state, such as the modified generalized Chaplygin gas. The stability solutions for a suitable choice of different parameters included in the variable equation of state and $f\left(R\right)$ gravity models, as well as the metric space–time, are illustrated. Full article

The effect of spacetime curvature on optical properties may provide an opportunity to suggest new tests for gravity theories. In this paper, we investigated gravitational weak lensing around a Bardeen black hole with the string clouds parameter. First, we examined the horizon structure in the presence of string clouds around the gravitational compact object defined by Bardeen spacetime. The effect of gravitational weak lensing in a plasma medium is also discussed. According to the findings, the influence of the string cloud parameter on the circular orbits of a light ray around the black hole is greater than that in the Schwarzschild case, while the influence of the charge is reversed. The deflection angle of light rays in weak lensing is also used to study how much the image is magnified. Full article

In this paper, we study the horizon properties and scalar invariants of the spacetime around a regular black hole (BH) in 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet (4D EGB) gravity. It is observed that the presence of both Gauss-Bonnet (GB) coupling and magnetic charge parameters causes the shrinking of the outer horizon. We find that the range of the GB parameter $\alpha /M^2\in (-0.15869,1)$, and the extreme value of magnetic charge reaches up to $g_{\mathrm{extr}}=0.886M$, which allows for the existence of a BH horizon, while it is $g_{\mathrm{extr}}=0.7698M$ for pure Bardeen BH. We also investigate the dynamics of magnetized particles around the magnetically charged Bardeen BH, assuming the particle’s motion occurs in the equatorial plane in the proper observation frame, and the direction of the magnetic dipole moment of the particles is always kept radially and its magnitude is constant. Moreover, the dynamics of magnetically charged particles are also studied, and it is shown that both the energy and angular momentum of the particles corresponding to circular orbits increases with the increase of their magnetic charge. Finally, we also study collisions of magnetized, electrically neutral, and magnetically charged particles around the Bardeen BHs, where we provide analyses of critical angular momentum that may allow collision of the particles near-horizon radius, producing enormous values of center of mass energy of the collisions. Full article

We obtain exact Bardeen black holes to the regularized $4D$ Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet (EGB) gravity minimally coupled with the nonlinear electrodynamics (NED). In turn, we analyze the horizon structure to determine the effect of GB parameter $\alpha$ on the minimum cutoff values of mass, $M_0$, and magnetic monopole charge, $g_0$, for the existence of a black hole horizon. We obtain an exact expression for thermodynamic quantities, namely, Hawking temperature $T_{+}$, entropy $S_{+}$, Helmholtz free energy $F_{+}$, and specific heat $C_{+}$ associated with the black hole horizon, and they show significant deviations from the $4D$ EGB case owing to NED. Interestingly, there exists a critical value of horizon radius, $r_{+}^c$, corresponding to the local maximum of Hawking temperature, at which heat capacity diverges, confirming the second-order phase transition. A discussion on the black holes of alternate regularized $4D$ EGB gravity belonging to the scalar-tensor theory is appended. Full article