Foiling Black Hole Foils: Revealing Horizon Alternatives with Baryonic Atmospheres

arXiv:2602.15912 · astro-ph.HE, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-02-16 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-02-16

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: 27 pages, 2 figures

Journal ref: The Astrophysical Journal, 2026

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aea90b

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Accretion Shock — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Gravitational Lensing — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accretion Flows — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Conservation Laws — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Microstate Geometries
• The Fuzzball Paradigm
• Do Black Holes Destroy Information?
• Lectures on Microstate Geometries

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