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arxiv: 2605.27862 · v1 · pith:W5VQQ6R6new · submitted 2026-05-27 · 🌀 gr-qc

Shadow, acoustic redshift, and transfer observables of Lorentz-violating rotating acoustic black holes

Fernando M. Belchior , Edilberto O. Silva This is my paper

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In Lorentz-violating rotating acoustic black holes the shadow width, centroid, redshift asymmetry and flux asymmetry form a hierarchy that isolates symmetry-breaking and rotational effects.

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The paper develops an impact-parameter-resolved transfer analysis for the (2+1)-dimensional Lorentz-violating draining-bathtub geometry in which the draining parameter fixes the sonic horizon, circulation controls rotation, and the Lorentz-breaking parameter deforms the acoustic metric. It derives the null-ray equations, critical impact parameters, acoustic shadow interval, and redshift transfer factor, then applies an intensity-transfer prescription to thin rings and extended disks that includes emissivity, motion, source width, and detector convolution. The resulting observables separate cleanly: shadow width measures Lorentz-violating broadening, centroid displacement traces rotation, left-right redshift asymmetry tests branch-dependent Doppler and frame-dragging, and integrated flux asymmetry records their effect on observed intensity. Synthetic two-dimensional screen maps represent the capture interval as a displaced vertical strip whose brightness imbalance encodes the combined action of circulation and symmetry breaking, with the exterior-regular regime α greater than or equal to zero examined against the symmetric benchmark.

Core claim

The central claim is that the observables form a hierarchy in which the shadow width probes Lorentz-violating broadening, the shadow centroid traces rotation, the left-right acoustic-redshift asymmetry tests branch-dependent Doppler and frame-dragging effects, and the integrated flux asymmetry measures their imprint on the observed intensity, all obtained from the deformed effective acoustic metric with draining parameter A, circulation parameter B, and Lorentz-breaking parameter α.

What carries the argument

Impact-parameter-resolved transfer analysis applied to the Lorentz-violating draining-bathtub geometry, which supplies the null-ray equations, critical-impact-parameter conditions, acoustic shadow interval, and redshift transfer factor.

If this is right

  • Shadow width increases with the Lorentz-breaking parameter α and thereby isolates symmetry violation.
  • Shadow centroid displacement scales with the circulation parameter B and thereby isolates rotational effects.
  • Left-right acoustic-redshift asymmetry distinguishes branch-dependent Doppler shifts from frame-dragging.
  • Integrated flux asymmetry quantifies the net imprint of both parameters on observed intensity.
  • Two-dimensional synthetic maps display the capture interval as a vertical strip displaced by B and broadened by α.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

  • Laboratory fluid experiments could exploit the hierarchy to search for Lorentz-violation signatures that standard acoustic-black-hole models would miss.
  • The (2+1)-dimensional restriction leaves open whether vertical structure in three-dimensional analogs would add polarization-dependent observables.
  • The transfer prescription supplies a ready template for studying other analog spacetimes that incorporate modified dispersion relations.
  • Direct numerical integration of ray paths in the same geometry would provide an independent check on the analytic critical-impact-parameter conditions.

Load-bearing premise

The draining-bathtub flow with an added Lorentz-breaking parameter supplies an accurate effective metric for the acoustic black hole outside the sonic horizon.

What would settle it

If acoustic-shadow measurements in a rotating fluid analog show no measurable increase in width as the Lorentz-breaking parameter is increased while holding draining and circulation fixed, the broadening claim is falsified.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.27862 by Edilberto O. Silva, Fernando M. Belchior.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Null acoustic rays for the Lorentz-violating rotating [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Lorentz-violating acoustic shadow interval as a func [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Direct extended-disk transfer profiles for the Lorentz [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Regularization and source-width effects for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Two-dimensional acoustic screen images in the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Observer-azimuth intensity map [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Differential transfer observables as functions of the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Convergence check for the transfer observables at [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We develop an impact-parameter-resolved transfer analysis for the rotating acoustic black hole with Lorentz symmetry violation. The background is the $(2+1)$-dimensional Lorentz-violating draining-bathtub geometry, where the draining parameter $A$ fixes the sonic horizon, the circulation parameter $B$ controls rotation, and the Lorentz-breaking parameter $\alpha$ deforms the effective acoustic metric. We derive the null-ray equations, the critical-impact-parameter conditions, the acoustic shadow interval, and the redshift transfer factor. We then formulate an intensity-transfer prescription for thin rings and extended disks that accounts for source emissivity, emitter motion, finite source width, and detector convolution. The resulting observables form a hierarchy: the shadow width probes Lorentz-violating broadening, the shadow centroid traces rotation, the left-right acoustic-redshift asymmetry tests branch-dependent Doppler and frame-dragging effects, and the integrated flux asymmetry measures their imprint on the observed intensity. We also construct synthetic two-dimensional acoustic screen maps, showing that the $(2+1)$-dimensional capture interval is naturally represented as a vertical strip whose displacement and brightness imbalance encode the combined effects of $B$ and $\alpha$. We focus on the exterior-regular regime $\alpha\geq0$, with $\alpha=0$ retained as the Lorentz-symmetric benchmark.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper develops an impact-parameter-resolved transfer analysis for the (2+1)-dimensional Lorentz-violating rotating acoustic black hole in the draining-bathtub geometry. Parameters A, B, and α control the sonic horizon, rotation, and metric deformation, respectively. The authors derive the null-ray equations, critical-impact-parameter conditions, acoustic shadow interval, redshift transfer factor, and an intensity-transfer prescription for thin rings and extended disks that incorporates emissivity, motion, source width, and detector convolution. They interpret the resulting observables as forming a hierarchy (shadow width for Lorentz-violating broadening, centroid for rotation, left-right redshift asymmetry for Doppler/frame-dragging, flux asymmetry for intensity effects) and construct synthetic 2D acoustic screen maps representing the capture interval as a displaced vertical strip. The analysis is restricted to the exterior-regular regime α ≥ 0.

Significance. If the derivations are correct, the work supplies a concrete mapping from the three metric parameters to a set of distinguishable observables in an analog-gravity setting. The explicit hierarchy and the construction of synthetic maps are useful for guiding future analog experiments. The retention of the α = 0 benchmark and the clear statement of the α ≥ 0 restriction strengthen the presentation.

minor comments (3)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract, paragraph 3: the statement that the (2+1)D capture interval 'is naturally represented as a vertical strip' should be accompanied by a brief geometric justification (e.g., a one-sentence reference to the coordinate choice or projection used in §3).
  2. The intensity-transfer prescription is described in general terms; the manuscript would benefit from an explicit equation (or numbered step) showing how the finite-source-width convolution is implemented before the detector convolution.
  3. Figure captions for the synthetic maps should state the specific numerical values of A, B, and α employed, together with the range of impact parameters sampled.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading, positive assessment of the significance of the work, and the recommendation for minor revision. The summary accurately captures the scope and structure of the analysis. Since the report lists no specific major comments, we provide no point-by-point rebuttals below.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity identified

full rationale

The paper takes the (2+1)D Lorentz-violating draining-bathtub metric with explicit parameters A (sonic horizon), B (rotation), and α (Lorentz violation) as given input. It then derives null-ray equations, critical impact parameters, acoustic shadow interval, redshift transfer factor, and an intensity-transfer prescription for rings/disks. The resulting observables (shadow width/centroid, redshift asymmetry, flux asymmetry) are computed directly from these inputs and presented as functions of A, B, α. No step reduces a derived quantity back to a fitted constant by construction, no load-bearing self-citation is invoked for the central claims, and the construction remains self-contained against the stated metric. This is the standard direct-calculation pattern with no reduction to inputs.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central results rest on the assumed form of the effective acoustic metric deformed by α and on the standard geometric-optics limit for sound rays; no additional free parameters beyond A, B, α are introduced in the abstract.

free parameters (1)
  • α
    Lorentz-breaking deformation parameter of the effective metric; its value is not fitted but treated as a free input that controls observable broadening.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Sound propagation obeys the geometric-optics limit on the effective acoustic metric deformed by the Lorentz-violating term α.
    Invoked to justify the null-ray equations and critical-impact-parameter conditions.

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