{"id":"1486b96c-7816-4bcf-8263-55423ea7744f","arxiv_id":"2504.12042","paper_version":2,"verdict":"CONDITIONAL","confidence":"MODERATE","novelty_score":6.0,"correctness_risk":"medium","formal_verification":"none","parameter_count":6,"one_line_summary":"A Dekel-Zhao density profile yields a new regular black hole and a horizonless defect spacetime in general relativity, plus a thin-shell stellar model based on the defect interior.","lead":"Using a flexible density shape borrowed from dark-matter halo models, the authors build new nonsingular black hole and spacetime-defect solutions in general relativity. The new black hole's shadow can match Event Horizon Telescope angular sizes, and the defect solution is used to construct a thin-shell stellar model.","discovery_kind":"extension","skeptic_critique":null,"referee_report":null,"author_rebuttal":null,"desk_editor":null,"rs_alignment":null,"lean_confirmation":null,"pith_extraction":null,"created_at":"2026-08-16T12:41:01.210285+00:00","model_set":{"reader":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"falsifier":null,"supporting_citations":[],"review_version":1}