Shadows and photon rings of a spherically accreting Kehagias-Sfetsos black hole

Abstract

By considering Kehagias-Sfetsos black hole in the framework of the Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity, we study the optical appearance of such black holes surrounded by spherical accretion flow. For the static/infalling spherical accretion flow, we compute the observed specific intensity as a function of impact parameter. We also investigate the effect of the Ho\v{r}ava parameter and accreting matter on the luminosity of shadows and photon rings. It is found that an increase in the Ho\v{r}ava parameter decreases the shadow size, while the shadows and photon rings luminosities increase. Moreover, we constrain the Ho\v{r}ava parameter from the observational data reported by the Event Horizon Telescope for M87* and Sgr A*.