Exact rotating dilatonic branch in ModMax electrodynamics without Maxwell analogue

Abstract

Abstract We present a novel class of rotating dilatonic solutions within the framework of Einstein–ModMax-type gravity. The configuration belongs to the nonlinear sector characterized by $$\mathcal F/\mathcal G=\textrm{const}$$ F / G = const and carries nontrivial electric and magnetic potentials, with both $$A_t$$ A t and $$A_\varphi $$ A φ turned on, together with a nontrivial gravitomagnetic structure. We show that this solution does not admit continuation to the Maxwell framework of our parametrization, so it is intrinsically tied to the nonlinear ModMax regime. It includes both a NUT geometry and a NUT-free asymptotically flat limit, and it is valid for a broad class of dilatonic couplings, including the low-energy string and Kaluza–Klein cases. Moreover, in the prolate sector we identify a genuine black-hole regime in which the exterior region satisfies the null energy condition while the curvature singularity remains hidden behind the event horizon. These results provide an exact rotating dilatonic ModMax configuration with no Maxwell analog and a physically well-behaved exterior black-hole sector.