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arxiv: 2604.26681 · v2 · submitted 2026-04-29 · 🌀 gr-qc

Causal structure of black holes immersed in a Chaplygin-like dark fluid environment: Horizons and singularities

Rodrigo Dal Bosco Fontana , Jeferson de Oliveira This is my paper

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Black holes immersed in a Chaplygin-like dark fluid reach the extremal regime at a smaller charge-to-mass ratio than in Reissner-Nordstrom or de Sitter spacetimes.

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The paper examines the causal structure of spherically symmetric black holes surrounded by a Chaplygin-like dark fluid and shows how the fluid parameters change horizon formation and curvature strength. It establishes that spacetime curvature exceeds that of comparable Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter solutions with the same mass and charge. This produces a tighter upper bound on charge for the existence of horizons, specifically Q approximately 0.556 M. The work also derives a critical bound on the fluid parameter B that limits multi-horizon configurations. A reader would care because the results tie a dark fluid model directly to the presence or absence of black hole horizons and the nature of internal regions.

Core claim

The spacetime curvature is significantly stronger than in its similar counterpart, the Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter geometry with the same mass and charge, leading to modifications of the internal causal structure. For the presence of horizons the Chaplygin black hole possesses an upper bound Q ≈ 0.556219 M, which is much smaller than that for Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime Q_critical = M or of the Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter case Q_critical = 3M/(2√2), indicating that the black holes immersed in a Chaplygin-like dark fluid reach the extremal regime more easily. We derive a second critical condition for the Chaplygin cosmological parameter B, B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9, setting an upper bound on B for

What carries the argument

The spherically symmetric metric obtained from Einstein equations sourced by a perfect fluid obeying the Chaplygin-like equation of state, which determines the locations of horizons and the strength of curvature invariants.

If this is right

  • Horizons exist only when the charge satisfies an upper bound of roughly 0.556 times the mass.
  • Black holes reach the extremal regime more easily than in the Reissner-Nordstrom or Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter cases.
  • A second critical condition B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9 sets an upper bound on the Chaplygin parameter for solutions with multiple horizons.
  • The internal causal structure is modified by the stronger curvature induced by the fluid.
  • Singularities and horizon configurations depend directly on the fluid parameters.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The model could be used to place observational limits on dark fluid parameters if charged black hole properties become measurable.
  • Stronger curvature may produce distinct thermodynamic or stability features in the regions between horizons compared with vacuum solutions.
  • The setup offers a concrete way to explore how a dark energy-like component alters black hole interiors while preserving spherical symmetry.
  • Extensions to rotating cases would likely tighten or loosen the charge bound depending on how angular momentum couples to the fluid.

Load-bearing premise

The spacetime remains exactly spherically symmetric and is sourced throughout by a perfect fluid obeying the specific Chaplygin-like equation of state with no other matter or deviations.

What would settle it

Discovery of a charged black hole with charge-to-mass ratio above approximately 0.556 that still possesses an event horizon, or direct measurement of curvature scalars around a known-mass charged black hole that fail to exceed the values predicted for the Chaplygin fluid case.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.26681 by Jeferson de Oliveira, Rodrigo Dal Bosco Fontana.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1 view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Profile of the function view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. The lapse function of Chaplygin black holes in the near extremal regime in view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. The roots of the polynomial view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5 view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6 view at source ↗
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In the present work, we study the causal structure of spherically symmetric black holes immersed in a Chaplygin-like dark fluid, emphasizing the impact of the fluid parameters on curvature and horizon formation. We show that the spacetime curvature is significantly stronger than in its similar counterpart, the Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter geometry with the same mass and charge, leading to modifications of the internal causal structure. For the presence of horizons the Chaplygin black hole possesses an upper bound $Q \approx 0.556219 M$, which is much smaller than that for Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime $Q_{\text{critical}} = M$ or of the Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter case $Q_{\text{critical}} = 3M/(2\sqrt{2})$, indicating that the black holes immersed in a Chaplygin-like dark fluid reach the extremal regime more easily. We derive a second critical condition for the Chaplygin cosmological parameter $B$, $B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9$, setting an upper bound on $B$ for a multi-horizon solution.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper examines the causal structure of spherically symmetric black holes immersed in a Chaplygin-like dark fluid, deriving that the curvature is stronger than in the Reissner-Nordström-de Sitter spacetime with identical mass and charge. It obtains an upper bound Q ≈ 0.556219 M on the charge for the existence of horizons (smaller than the RN value Q = M or the RNdS value Q = 3M/(2√2)), concluding that such black holes reach the extremal regime more readily, and derives the additional critical relation B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9 that bounds the Chaplygin parameter B for multi-horizon solutions.

Significance. If the explicit metric function and root conditions are correctly derived from the Einstein equations with the given equation of state, the work supplies quantitative, falsifiable bounds that quantify how a specific dark-fluid model modifies horizon structure and extremality relative to standard electrovacuum solutions. This could inform studies of black-hole thermodynamics and causal structure in cosmological settings with dark-energy-like components.

major comments (1)
  1. [Horizon-existence analysis (abstract and the section deriving the metric and critical conditions)] The central claim that the Chaplygin black hole reaches extremality at Q/M ≈ 0.556219 (smaller than RN or RNdS) rests on the precise root of f(r_h) = 0 and f'(r_h) = 0 after integrating the Einstein equations for the Chaplygin-like EOS. The manuscript must display the explicit lapse function f(r), the resulting algebraic or transcendental equation whose solution yields the quoted numerical value, and the steps that produce B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9. An algebraic or numerical error in this root analysis would invalidate the comparison to Q_critical = M and Q_critical = 3M/(2√2).
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract introduces the Chaplygin-like equation of state only by name; stating the explicit form p = -A/ρ + Bρ (or equivalent) would improve immediate readability.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive major comment. We have revised the paper to address the request for greater explicitness in the horizon-existence analysis.

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  1. Referee: [Horizon-existence analysis (abstract and the section deriving the metric and critical conditions)] The central claim that the Chaplygin black hole reaches extremality at Q/M ≈ 0.556219 (smaller than RN or RNdS) rests on the precise root of f(r_h) = 0 and f'(r_h) = 0 after integrating the Einstein equations for the Chaplygin-like EOS. The manuscript must display the explicit lapse function f(r), the resulting algebraic or transcendental equation whose solution yields the quoted numerical value, and the steps that produce B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9. An algebraic or numerical error in this root analysis would invalidate the comparison to Q_critical = M and Q_critical = 3M/(2√2).

    Authors: We agree that the explicit lapse function and the full derivation steps are necessary for clarity and independent verification. In the revised manuscript we now display the lapse function f(r) obtained after integrating the Einstein equations with the given Chaplygin-like equation of state. We also present the simultaneous conditions f(r_h) = 0 and f'(r_h) = 0, the resulting algebraic equation whose numerical root yields the quoted bound Q ≈ 0.556219 M, and the step-by-step derivation of the auxiliary critical relation B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9 that follows from the requirement of multiple real positive roots. These additions make the comparison with the RN (Q_c = M) and RNdS (Q_c = 3M/(2√2)) cases directly reproducible. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: horizon bounds derived directly from Einstein equations and metric analysis

full rationale

The paper obtains the metric by solving the Einstein equations with the specified Chaplygin-like equation of state, yielding an explicit lapse function f(r). The critical charge bound Q ≈ 0.556219 M and the relation B_c Q_c^4 = 4/3^9 are then found by imposing the simultaneous conditions f(r_h) = 0 and f'(r_h) = 0 for degenerate horizons and analyzing the resulting algebraic equation for the transition between single- and multi-horizon regimes. These steps constitute a standard first-principles calculation with no fitted parameters renamed as predictions, no self-citation load-bearing the central claim, and no self-definitional loops. The comparison to RN and RNdS critical values is external and does not rely on the present derivation for its validity.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claims rest on the Einstein equations with a perfect-fluid source obeying a Chaplygin-like equation of state, plus the assumption of spherical symmetry. No machine-checked proofs or independent data are supplied.

free parameters (1)
  • Chaplygin fluid parameters A and B
    The equation of state parameters that define the dark fluid; their specific values determine the critical bounds reported.
axioms (2)
  • standard math Einstein field equations hold with a perfect fluid source
    Invoked throughout the derivation of the metric and horizons.
  • domain assumption Spherically symmetric static metric ansatz
    Used to reduce the problem to ordinary differential equations for the metric functions.
invented entities (1)
  • Chaplygin-like dark fluid no independent evidence
    purpose: To source the spacetime curvature and modify horizon structure
    The fluid is introduced as an exotic matter model with a specific equation of state; no independent observational evidence is provided in the abstract.

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