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    Nandi, Kamal K.; Izmailov, Ramil N.; Yanbekov, Almir A.; Shayakhmetov, Azat A.

    Physical review. D, 05/2017, Volume: 95, Issue: 10
    Journal Article

    It has been argued that the recently detected ring-down gravity waveforms could be indicative only of the presence of light rings in a horizonless object, such as a surgical Schwarzschild wormhole, with the frequencies differing drastically from those of the horizon quasinormal mode frequencies ωQNM at late times. While the possibility of such a horizonless alternative is novel by itself, we show by the example of the Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole that the differences in ωQNM in the eikonal limit (large l) need not be drastic. This result will be reached by exploiting the connection between ωQNM and the Bozza strong field lensing parameters. We shall also show that the lensing observables of the Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole can be very close to those of a black hole (say, SgrA* hosted by our galaxy) of the same mass. This situation indicates that the ring-down frequencies and lensing observables of the Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole can remarkably mimic those of a black hole. The constraint on wormhole parameter γ imposed by experimental accuracy is briefly discussed. We also provide independent arguments supporting the stability of the Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole proven recently.