Shadow of a rotating braneworld black hole

LEONARDO AMARILLA; ERNESTO F. EIROA

PHYSICAL REVIEW D

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Año: 2012 vol. 85 p. 64019 - 64019

1550-7998

We investigate the shadow cast by a rotating braneworld black hole, in the Randall-Sundrum scenario. In addition to the angular momentum, the tidal charge term deforms the shape of the shadow. For a given value of the rotation parameter, the presence of a negative tidal charge enlarges the shadow and reduces its deformation with respect to Kerr spacetime, while for a positive charge, the opposite effect is obtained. We also analyze the case in which the combination of the rotation parameter and the tidal charge results in a naked singularity. We discuss the observational prospects corresponding to the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center.