Shadows and Optical Appearances of Black Holes in $R^{2}$ Gravity

Abstract: In this paper, we consider a charged AdS/dS black hole (BH) in $R^{2}$ gravity and study its optical features, including the shadow's geometrical shape and the energy emission rate. Additionally, we look for criteria to restrict the free parameters of the theory by comparing them to observational data of M87$^{\star}$. Then, we employ the Newman-Janis algorithm to build the rotating counterpart of the static solution in $R^{2}$ gravity and calculate the energy emission rate for the rotating case as well as discuss how the rotation factor and other parameters of this theory affect the emission of particles around the BHs. In the following, we consider the obtained rotating BH as a supermassive black hole and evaluate the parameters of the model with shadow size estimates based on the observations of M87$^{\star}$ from EHT.