Unique quasi-topological theories with first-order equations are found for Taub-NUT, NHEK, swirling and related 4D symmetric metrics, enabling closed-form solutions and regular black holes from high-order curvature corrections.
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Non-polynomial quasi-topological gravity models reproduce the standard thermal history, generate dynamical dark energy of geometric origin, and fit supernova, cosmic chronometer, and BAO data competitively with ΛCDM.
Regular black holes in the bulk of quasi-topological gravity drive a de Sitter inflationary phase on the brane at small scales, with e-fold number set by the ratio of black hole radius to higher-curvature scale.
Higher-order terms in an infinite tower of higher-derivative gravity regularize a 5D Proca-Maxwell system, creating frozen regular cores that mimic extremal black holes and satisfy all energy conditions.
All integrable 2D Horndeski theories (and thus many regular black-hole metrics) arise as spherical reductions of pure d≥4 gravities, which the paper terms quasi-topological.
Dynamical black-hole-to-white-hole transitions require a violation of the null convergence condition for the trapped region to disappear and the anti-trapped region to form.
Regular black holes in quasi-topological gravity produce shifted electromagnetic absorption spectra and modified photon sphere radii relative to singular Tangherlini solutions, with deviations suppressed as spacetime dimensions increase.
Analytic quasinormal-mode expressions and explicit QNM-shadow-lensing correspondence for four-dimensional quasi-topological regular black holes.
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Quasi-topological gravity for 4-dimensional Taub-NUT, near-horizon extreme Kerr, and swirling symmetries
Unique quasi-topological theories with first-order equations are found for Taub-NUT, NHEK, swirling and related 4D symmetric metrics, enabling closed-form solutions and regular black holes from high-order curvature corrections.
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Cosmologically viable non-polynomial quasi-topological gravity: explicit models, $\Lambda$CDM limit and observational constraints
Non-polynomial quasi-topological gravity models reproduce the standard thermal history, generate dynamical dark energy of geometric origin, and fit supernova, cosmic chronometer, and BAO data competitively with ΛCDM.
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Cosmic Inflation From Regular Black Holes
Regular black holes in the bulk of quasi-topological gravity drive a de Sitter inflationary phase on the brane at small scales, with e-fold number set by the ratio of black hole radius to higher-curvature scale.
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Proca-Maxwell System in an Infinite Tower of Higher-Derivative Gravity
Higher-order terms in an infinite tower of higher-derivative gravity regularize a 5D Proca-Maxwell system, creating frozen regular cores that mimic extremal black holes and satisfy all energy conditions.
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All $2D$ generalised dilaton theories from $d\geq 4$ gravities
All integrable 2D Horndeski theories (and thus many regular black-hole metrics) arise as spherical reductions of pure d≥4 gravities, which the paper terms quasi-topological.
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Null geodesic defocusing in dynamical black-hole-to-white-hole transitions
Dynamical black-hole-to-white-hole transitions require a violation of the null convergence condition for the trapped region to disappear and the anti-trapped region to form.
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Scattering of electromagnetic field in quasi-topological gravity
Regular black holes in quasi-topological gravity produce shifted electromagnetic absorption spectra and modified photon sphere radii relative to singular Tangherlini solutions, with deviations suppressed as spacetime dimensions increase.
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From Ringdown to Lensing: Analytic Eikonal Modes of Quasi-Topological Regular Black Holes
Analytic quasinormal-mode expressions and explicit QNM-shadow-lensing correspondence for four-dimensional quasi-topological regular black holes.