Event Horizon Telescope Observational Constraints on Dymnikova-Type Non-Singular Black Holes in Higher Dimensions

TL;DR

This paper extends regular black hole models to higher dimensions, analyzing their observational signatures and thermodynamics, and compares predictions with Event Horizon Telescope data to constrain model parameters.

Contribution

It introduces a higher-dimensional Dymnikova regular black hole model and assesses its observational and thermodynamic properties in comparison with EHT data.

Findings

Black hole shadow size varies with dimension and scale.

Photon orbits remain unstable, ensuring shadow formation.

Thermodynamic properties depend strongly on dimensionality.

Abstract

Black holes are among the most compelling predictions of general relativity (GR) and are now strongly supported by observations from gravitational-wave detectors and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). While standard black hole solutions suffer from central singularities, regular black holes avoid this issue by introducing a nonsingular core. In this work, we extend the Dymnikova regular black hole to higher dimensions using a smooth matter distribution. The resulting spacetime features a de Sitter-like core and two horizons. We analyze photon motion and show that circular photon orbits remain unstable, giving rise to a well-defined black hole shadow. Our results indicate that the shadow size grows with the black hole scale but decreases slightly as the number of dimensions increases. We also investigate thermodynamic properties, including Hawking temperature and energy emission, and find a strong dependence on dimensionality. Finally, we compare our model with EHT observations to place constraints on the parameters and highlight potential observational signatures of higher-dimensional regular black holes.