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When Bumblebee Meets NLED: Lorentz-Violating Black Holes and Regular Spacetimes

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keywords Bumblebee gravityNonlinear electrodynamicsLorentz violationRegular black holesBorn-Infeld electrodynamicsBlack hole solutionsSpacetime singularitiesHorizonless spacetimes
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Fine-tuning mass and charge in bumblebee gravity with nonlinear electrodynamics removes central singularities to produce regular horizonless spacetimes.

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The paper constructs charged black hole solutions in bumblebee gravity coupled to a general class of nonlinear electrodynamics. These solutions are asymptotic to a conical Lorentz-violating vacuum due to the fixed radial norm of the bumblebee vector. They generally contain two sources of singularity at the center: a Schwarzschild-type pole from the mass term and a residual conical singularity from the vacuum. Fine-tuning the mass-charge relation eliminates the pole singularity, yielding marginally regular black holes. For Born-Infeld nonlinear electrodynamics, tuning both mass and charge to specific functions of the coupling constants removes both singularities, resulting in regular horizonless spacetimes that interpolate from AdS or dS cores to the Lorentz-violating asymptotics.

Core claim

The central claim is that solutions in bumblebee gravity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics via an auxiliary Maxwell-scalar formalism are generally singular at the center, but fine-tuning the mass-charge relation removes the pole singularity for marginally regular black holes, and in the Born-Infeld case both the pole and the residual conical singularity can be removed by tuning mass and charge to specific functions of the couplings, producing regular horizonless spacetimes from AdS or dS cores to conical Lorentz-violating vacua.

What carries the argument

The norm-fixed radial configuration of the bumblebee vector, which enforces the asymptotic conical Lorentz-violating vacuum and requires specific nonminimal bumblebee-NLED couplings.

If this is right

  • Marginally regular black holes arise for any NLED theory by tuning the mass-charge relation alone.
  • Fully regular horizonless spacetimes exist when both mass and charge are tuned to specific functions of the couplings in suitable NLED theories like Born-Infeld.
  • The resulting spacetimes connect regular AdS or dS cores to Lorentz-violating conical exteriors without horizons.
  • The construction applies to a broad class of nonlinear electrodynamics coupled to bumblebee gravity.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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  • These regular spacetimes could serve as nonsingular alternatives to standard black holes in Lorentz-violating settings.
  • The required fine-tuning might be relaxed by including additional matter fields or different bumblebee configurations.
  • Observational tests could focus on the conical deficit angle in the asymptotic region or gravitational lensing differences from standard black holes.
  • Similar tuning techniques might generate regular cosmologies in other modified gravity models with vector fields.

Load-bearing premise

The bumblebee vector is fixed to a radial configuration with constant norm, which imposes stringent nonminimal couplings to the nonlinear electrodynamics and forces the asymptotic conical structure.

What would settle it

A direct check of whether the field equations from the full bumblebee-NLED action are satisfied at the tuned mass and charge values, or a numerical integration showing that the curvature invariants remain finite at the center for the Born-Infeld case.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.13963 by H.Lu, Zhi-Chao Li.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: 4.2 Regular horizonless geometries In the previous subsection, the mass parameter was tuned to remove the Schwarzschild-type 1/r pole. However, for ℓ ̸= 0, the pole-free generic ν > 0 branch still has f(0) = 1/(1+ℓ) ̸= 1, and therefore retains a residual conical central defect. A regular center requires two independent 16 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Metric function f(r) for three representative pole-free geometries in the generic ν > 0 branch. The common parameters are α = 1, ν = 1, b = 1, ξ = 1/5, and ℓ = 0.2. The mass is fixed by the pole-removal condition m = mc. The dashed horizontal line marks f(0) = 1/(1 +ℓ) ≃ 0.83, showing the residual conical central defect. The blue curve with q = 1 remains positive and is horizonless. The green curve corresp… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: We see that both solutions with AdS or dS cores are completely regular, describing [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Near-origin behavior of the regular Born-Infeld branch. The blue curve represents an α > 0 branch with ℓ = −1/10, which has an AdS core. The red curve represents an α < 0 branch with ℓ = 1/10, which has a dS core. In both cases the regularity conditions have been imposed so that f(0) = 1, and the Schwarzschild-type 1/r pole is absent. horizon root exists. Such solutions are black holes, but their centers a… view at source ↗
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We construct charged black hole solutions in bumblebee gravity coupled to a general class of nonlinear electrodynamics (NLED) using an auxiliary Maxwell-scalar formalism. The norm-fixed radial configuration of the bumblebee vector makes the solutions asymptotic to a conical Lorentz-violating vacuum and requires stringent nonminimal bumblebee-NLED couplings. The general black hole solutions contain independent mass and charge parameters. There are two sources of singular behavior at the center: one is due to the Schwarzschild-type pole and the other is the residual conical singularity of the Lorentz-violating vacuum. By fine-tuning the mass-charge relation, one can generally remove the pole singularity, giving rise to marginally regular black holes. For a suitable NLED theory such as Born-Infeld theory, both singularity sources can be removed at the cost of requiring both the mass and the charge to be fine-tuned to specific functions of the coupling constants. The resulting solutions describe regular horizonless spacetimes interpolating from AdS or dS cores to Lorentz-violating vacua.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript constructs charged black hole solutions in bumblebee gravity coupled to a general class of nonlinear electrodynamics (NLED) using an auxiliary Maxwell-scalar formalism. With the bumblebee vector in a norm-fixed radial configuration, the solutions are asymptotic to a conical Lorentz-violating vacuum and require nonminimal bumblebee-NLED couplings. General solutions contain independent mass and charge parameters. Fine-tuning the mass-charge relation removes the Schwarzschild-type pole singularity at the center, producing marginally regular black holes. For Born-Infeld NLED, tuning both mass and charge to explicit functions of the couplings removes both the pole and residual conical singularities, yielding regular horizonless spacetimes that interpolate from AdS or dS cores to Lorentz-violating vacua.

Significance. If the tuned solutions satisfy the full coupled field equations, the construction would supply explicit examples of singularity resolution in Lorentz-violating gravity via parameter tuning, extending known regular black-hole techniques to bumblebee models. The auxiliary Maxwell-scalar formalism is a technical strength that facilitates handling the nonminimal couplings. The result remains limited by its dependence on fine-tuning mass and charge to coupling-dependent values, which reduces generality but does not invalidate the explicit constructions if verified.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that Born-Infeld NLED permits simultaneous removal of both the pole and conical singularities by setting mass and charge to specific functions of the couplings is load-bearing, yet the manuscript provides no explicit verification that the resulting metric satisfies the full Einstein-NLED-bumblebee system (including nonminimal interaction terms) at the core and in the asymptotic region.
  2. [Derivation of the metric ansatz] Derivation of the metric ansatz: the norm-fixed radial bumblebee configuration forces conical asymptotics and requires stringent nonminimal couplings, but it is not shown that these couplings remain consistent with all field equations after the fine-tuning without reintroducing divergences through the interaction terms.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Introduction of auxiliary formalism] The auxiliary Maxwell-scalar formalism is introduced without a dedicated early subsection clarifying how it decouples the constraints from the bumblebee norm-fixing condition.
  2. [Coupling definitions] Explicit expressions for the nonminimal coupling functions should be listed in a table or appendix to facilitate reproduction of the tuned solutions.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments. We agree that explicit verification of the tuned solutions against the full field equations is essential and will add this to the revised manuscript. We address each major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that Born-Infeld NLED permits simultaneous removal of both the pole and conical singularities by setting mass and charge to specific functions of the couplings is load-bearing, yet the manuscript provides no explicit verification that the resulting metric satisfies the full Einstein-NLED-bumblebee system (including nonminimal interaction terms) at the core and in the asymptotic region.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the current manuscript does not contain an explicit substitution of the tuned mass and charge parameters into the complete set of Einstein-NLED-bumblebee equations to confirm satisfaction, including the nonminimal coupling terms. In the revised version we will insert a new subsection that performs this verification for the Born-Infeld case, evaluating the relevant field-equation components both at the core and in the asymptotic region and demonstrating that no divergences are reintroduced. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Derivation of the metric ansatz] Derivation of the metric ansatz: the norm-fixed radial bumblebee configuration forces conical asymptotics and requires stringent nonminimal couplings, but it is not shown that these couplings remain consistent with all field equations after the fine-tuning without reintroducing divergences through the interaction terms.

    Authors: The auxiliary Maxwell-scalar formalism was introduced precisely to accommodate the nonminimal bumblebee-NLED couplings while preserving consistency with the metric ansatz. We will expand the revised manuscript with an explicit check that, after the fine-tuning, the interaction terms remain finite and the full system of equations continues to hold, thereby confirming that the conical asymptotics and nonminimal couplings do not generate new divergences. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper constructs exact solutions by adopting a norm-fixed radial bumblebee ansatz and nonminimal couplings, then solves the coupled field equations for the metric and NLED fields. Fine-tuning the mass-charge relation to cancel the central pole or both singularities is an explicit parameter choice within the solution family, not a self-definition or a fitted input relabeled as a prediction. No load-bearing self-citations, imported uniqueness theorems, or ansatz smuggling via prior work are present in the provided text. The derivation remains self-contained: the resulting regular spacetimes follow directly from the Einstein-NLED-bumblebee equations under the stated assumptions, without reducing to tautological inputs.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central construction rests on assuming a fixed-norm radial bumblebee vector and specific nonminimal couplings whose forms are chosen to permit asymptotic conical behavior and singularity cancellation.

free parameters (2)
  • mass-charge relation
    Tuned to cancel the Schwarzschild-type pole singularity; specific functional dependence on couplings required for full regularity in Born-Infeld case.
  • nonminimal bumblebee-NLED couplings
    Stringent forms required to make solutions asymptotic to conical Lorentz-violating vacuum.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Norm-fixed radial configuration of the bumblebee vector
    Invoked to produce asymptotic conical Lorentz-violating vacuum.

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    By fine-tuning the mass-charge relation, one can generally remove the pole singularity... For a suitable NLED theory such as Born-Infeld theory, both singularity sources can be removed at the cost of requiring both the mass and the charge to be fine-tuned to specific functions of the coupling constants.

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