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Gravitational Lensing by Black Holes in Einstein-nonlinear Electrodynamic Theories with Multiple Photon Spheres

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Pith's one-line read For black holes with many photon spheres, only peaks taller than every outer peak affect the image, and each surviving peak produces a bright photon ring.

desk verdict Competent triple-photon-sphere lensing study whose general masking rule is right but under-derived and whose figures are unreproducible without parameter values. read the letter →

arxiv 2507.13048 v1 pith:VSKPG2W2 submitted 2025-07-17 gr-qc

Siyuan Hui , Benrong Mu , Peng Wang This is my paper
classification gr-qc MSC 83C5783C10 PACS 04.70.-s
keywords multiplephotonspheresgravitationallensingblackholeshadowringnonlinearelectrodynamicseffectivepotentialraytracinghigher-orderimages
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The reading

This paper attempts to establish how a black hole's image changes when its effective potential has more than one peak, each peak being a photon sphere. By ray tracing hundreds of millions of null geodesics around Einstein-nonlinear electrodynamic black holes with one, two, and three peaks, the authors show that a photon sphere contributes a visible critical curve only if its peak is taller than every peak farther from the black hole. In the triple-peak case, the three photon spheres produce three critical curves, the smallest one being the shadow's edge. The authors then infer a general rule: with N peaks, M un-masked peaks remain visible, and these M photon spheres produce M bright photon rings where higher-order images accumulate. If true, this links the count of bright rings in a black hole image directly to the structure of the underlying spacetime.

What carries the argument

The effective potential $V_{\rm eff}(r) = f(r)/r^2$ for null geodesics, whose local maxima are photon spheres. The paper's masking rule states that, comparing peaks from the outside inward, a peak is visible only when it is larger than every peak outside it; each visible peak yields one critical curve around which higher-order images accumulate. The numerical tool is geodesic ray tracing from two observers, scanning 4000 by 4000 null geodesics until they reach a celestial sphere at $12 r_h$ or the horizon.

What would settle it

A concrete check: choose an Einstein-nonlinear electrodynamic black hole with four photon spheres whose peak heights, ordered from outside in, are 1, 3, 2, 1, and ray trace the celestial-sphere image; if a distinct third bright ring appears beyond the one predicted by the masking rule, the general rule fails.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central claim is that, for black holes in Einstein-nonlinear electrodynamic theories, a peak in the effective potential whose height is below that of any peak outside it is observationally concealed: its critical curve does not appear in the images, and the higher-order images that would have clustered there are absent. After sequential comparison from the outermost peak inward, the surviving M peaks generate M bright photon rings in the image, with higher-order images densely clustered around each ring and the innermost ring coinciding with the shadow's edge. The claim is supported by numerical ray tracing of 4000 by 4000 geodesics for one-, two-, and three-peak potentials, including special cases where the middle or outermost peak is the tallest.

Load-bearing premise

The paper assumes, without proof for more than three peaks, that a peak contributes a distinct ring cluster if and only if it is taller than all peaks farther from the black hole, and that each such peak contributes exactly one ring.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • A black hole with N photon spheres will show exactly M bright photon rings, where M is the number of peaks that survive the 'taller than all outer peaks' masking rule.
  • The smallest critical curve in any image coincides with the edge of the black hole shadow, so the shadow boundary is always produced by the innermost un-masked photon sphere.
  • A single-ring image does not imply a single photon sphere: if the outermost peak is tallest, all inner photon spheres are hidden and the image is indistinguishable from that of a single-peak black hole.
  • Triple photon spheres produce more higher-order images of point sources than double or single photon spheres, and the number of images can fluctuate strongly with impact parameter.
  • Photon-ring observations could in principle reveal the number and arrangement of un-masked photon spheres in the effective potential.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The masking rule likely follows from the radial geodesic equation: a photon cannot reach an inner potential well without having an impact parameter small enough to cross the outer barrier, so a formal proof for arbitrary N should be possible without full ray tracing.
  • The same masking phenomenon may apply to quasinormal-mode echoes, which already show wave-packet splitting in three-peak potentials; the echo signal might encode only the un-masked peaks rather than all peaks.
  • For rotating black holes, photon spheres become photon regions, and the simple peak-height comparison may need to be replaced by a comparison of effective-potential barriers on each angular slice.
  • The observed one-ring images of M87* and Sgr A* do not by themselves rule out multiple photon spheres, so multi-peak models cannot be rejected on shadow shape alone.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 4 minor

Summary. The paper studies gravitational lensing by static, spherically symmetric black holes in Einstein-nonlinear electrodynamic theories whose effective potential for null geodesics has multiple local maxima (photon spheres). The authors present the metric and the radial geodesic equation (Eqs. (4), (7), (8)), then numerically trace 4000×4000 null geodesics from a concentric celestial sphere for single-, double-, and triple-peak effective potentials, displaying higher-order images of point sources and images of the celestial sphere. They identify a masking rule: an inner peak is observationally hidden if any peak outside it is higher. From the one-, two-, and three-peak examples they generalize that for N peaks the observable bright rings correspond to the M un-masked peaks, each producing a critical-curve cluster of higher-order images.

Significance. If the results withstand scrutiny, the paper provides a useful phenomenological taxonomy of lensing by multi-photon-sphere black holes and a concrete prediction for the number of bright photon rings under a masking rule. The numerical method is standard and the qualitative behavior is physically plausible. However, the paper's central generalization rests on an extrapolation from three examples rather than a derivation, and the absence of metric parameters for the figures prevents independent verification. The paper explicitly acknowledges its own reliance on prior work (refs. [68,69,73,74,76,84]) but does not yet make the new claims fully reproducible or quantitatively testable.

major comments (3)
  1. [III E] The generalization to N peaks is stated as a verbal rule: 'Let's assume a black hole with N effective potential peaks... we can expect M bright photon rings where higher-order images accumulate.' This is inferred from examples with N=1,2,3, but it is not derived from Eq. (7). The rule is provable by a turning-point analysis: a ray with impact parameter b can turn at the kth peak if b lies in the interval (b_k, min_{j<k} b_j), which is nonempty exactly when V_k > max_{j<k} V_j, and over this interval the deflection angle diverges logarithmically as b approaches b_k from above, producing one image cluster. The paper should either supply this derivation or state it explicitly; as written, the central claim is an extrapolation.
  2. [III] The numerical section never specifies the metric parameters (the coefficients c_i in f(r)=1+Σ c_i r^{-i}, or the equivalent α_i) used for any of the figures. The only statement is 'we choose different parameters to keep the radius of event horizon to be r_h=1' (Sec. III). Without the exact functions f(r) for Figs. 1–10, the effective potentials, the critical curves, and the ray-tracing images cannot be reproduced or checked. Please provide the parameter values (e.g., in a table) for each figure, including the values of M and the relevant c_i.
  3. [III E, Figs. 6-10] The claim that each un-masked photon sphere produces a distinct 'bright photon ring' is supported only by qualitative color images. The paper does not show, for a fixed triple-peak potential, the deflection angle (or the number of images) as a function of impact parameter, nor the radial intensity profile along an image slice. Such a quantitative diagnostic would make the number of rings testable and would also directly check the masking rule; adding it would substantially strengthen the paper's evidence.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Throughout] There are several typos, including 'multipal' and 'mutilpe' for 'multiple' (e.g., Sec. II and Sec. III), and the phrase 'the radius of event horizon to be rh = 1' should be 'the event horizon radius to be r_h = 1'.
  2. [I, paragraph 4] The citation to Born and Infeld is incorrect: the text says 'first introduced by Born and Infeld ... [72, 77]' but ref. [72] is a massive-gravity paper and ref. [77] is about nonuniform area quantization; the relevant references are [80] and [81].
  3. [III D] The description of Fig. 10 is confusing ('the inner peak is the absolute maximum, and the outer peak is larger relative to the middle peak'); please clarify the ordering of all three peak heights in the caption or text.
  4. [II, Eq. (8)] The effective potential V_eff is defined, but its boundary behavior near the horizon and at infinity is not stated; a short remark that V_eff→0 as r→∞ and diverges as r→r_h would help readers connect the potential-peak condition to the photon-sphere definition.

Circularity Check

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No circularity found; the triple-ring and N-peak masking results come from direct integration of Eq. (7), not from fitted inputs; self-citations are background and not load-bearing.

full rationale

The central derivation chain is self-contained. The number of visible rings is not an input to the simulation: the paper integrates the radial null geodesic equation (Eq. 7) with the effective potential (Eq. 8), and photon spheres are determined by Eq. (9) as local maxima of V_eff with the associated impact parameter. The ray-tracing figures are outputs of that integration, so the triple-peak claim (three critical curves, smallest coinciding with the shadow edge) is a result of the dynamics, not a fitted parameter or a definitional equivalence. The general rule in Sec. III E is an inductive extrapolation from the N=1,2,3 cases rather than a proof for arbitrary N; this is a presentation gap, and the masking condition (a peak is hidden when an outer peak is taller) is plausibly derivable from the turning-point structure of Eq. (7), but the step does not reduce the prediction to the paper's inputs. Self-citations (refs. 68, 69, 73, 74, 76, 84) supply background, echo/QNM context, and the numerical setup for painting the celestial sphere; none is invoked as a uniqueness theorem or as a substitute for the direct integration, so these citations are not load-bearing. The numerical section omits the specific metric parameters used for each figure, saying only that 'we choose different parameters to keep the radius of event horizon to be r_h=1'; this is a reproducibility deficiency, not circularity. Overall, the paper's central demonstration is independent of any fitted or self-cited conclusion, and the score reflects only minor non-load-bearing self-citation and the under-derived N>3 generalization.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

No new particles or mediators are introduced. The central input is the hand-chosen multi-peak potential; the main assumption is that the masking pattern generalizes to arbitrary peak number.

free parameters (2)
  • Metric coefficients c_i in f(r)=1+sum_i c_i r^{-i} = Not stated in text
    Hand-picked to set r_h=1 and to produce one-, two-, and three-peak effective potentials; exact values are absent from the manuscript.
  • Relative peak heights of V_eff = Qualitative: inner, middle, or outer peak largest
    The paper's classification and masking rule depend on which peak is the absolute maximum in hand-selected cases; no systematic scan or quantitative criterion is given.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption The action in Eqs. (1)-(2) with L_EM=sum alpha_i (F^2)^(-i) admits the asymptotically flat black hole metric f(r)=1+sum c_i r^-i with the properties used here.
    Taken from Gao [79]; the paper does not re-derive or physically validate the solution family.
  • standard math Null geodesics of the metric obey Eq. (7) with effective potential V_eff=f(r)/r^2, and unstable circular photon orbits satisfy Eq. (9).
    Standard geometric-optics result; the basis for every photon sphere and critical curve in the paper.
  • ad hoc to paper A peak that is lower than any peak outside it cannot produce observable lensing images because rays with the relevant impact parameters are blocked by the outer barrier.
    Stated qualitatively in Sec. III E as the masking rule; plausible but not proven for general potentials.
  • ad hoc to paper Examples with one, two, and three peaks are sufficient to infer the image pattern for any number of peaks.
    The extrapolation to N > 3 in Sec. III E rests on induction from three cases without a theorem.

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In this paper, we study the gravitational lensing effects of non-linear electrodynamic black holes. Non-linear electrodynamic black holes serve as typical models for multi-event horizon black holes. Depending on the choice of metric parameters, these black holes can possess more than five event horizons. Consequently, within certain parameter ranges, black holes can have more than three photon spheres of varying sizes outside the event horizon. Specifically, we focus on the strong gravitational lensing effects near the triple photon spheres, particularly the formation of higher-order images of point sources and celestial spheres. The presence of one, two, or three or more photon spheres significantly increases the number of higher-order images of a point source. When a black hole is illuminated by a celestial sphere, the three photon spheres generate three critical curves in the black hole image, with the smallest critical curve coinciding with the shadow's edge. Additionally, since non-linear electrodynamic black holes are models of multi-event horizon black holes, we can infer the gravitational lensing effects and the changes in celestial images for black holes with more than three photon spheres by analyzing the distinctions and patterns between the gravitational lensing effects of one, two, and three photon spheres.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1: Light rays producing n-order images of a point like light source on the equatorial plane of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2: Images of the black hole with single photon sphere, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. FIG. 3: Light rays producing n-order images of a point like light source on the equatorial plane of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4: Images of the black hole with double photon spheres, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5: Images of the black hole with double photon spheres, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6: Light rays producing n-order images of a point like light source on the equatorial plane of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7: Images of the black hole with triple photon spheres, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_7.png]
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8: Images of the black hole with triple photon spheres, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_8.png]
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9: Images of the black hole with triple photon spheres, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_9.png]
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10: Images of the black hole with triple photon spheres, which is illuminated by the celestial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_10.png]

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