2019ApJ...875L...4E

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2019ApJ...875L...4E - Astrophys. J., 875, L4-L4 (2019/April-2)

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope results. IV. Imaging the central supermassive black hole.

EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE COLLABORATION, AKIYAMA K., ALBERDI A., ALEF W., ASADA K., AZULAY R., BACZKO A.-K., BALL D., BALOKOVIC M., BARRETT J., BINTLEY D., BLACKBURN L., BOLAND W., BOUMAN K.L., BOWER G.C., BREMER M., BRINKERINK C.D., BRISSENDEN R., BRITZEN S., BRODERICK A.E., BROGUIERE D., BRONZWAER T., BYUN D.-Y., CARLSTROM J.E., CHAEL A., CHAN C.-K., CHATTERJEE S., CHATTERJEE K., CHEN M.-T., CHEN Y., CHO I., CHRISTIAN P., CONWAY J.E., CORDES J.M., CREW G.B., CUI Y., DAVELAAR J., DE LAURENTIS M., DEANE R., DEMPSEY J., DESVIGNES G., DEXTER J., DOELEMAN S.S., EATOUGH R.P., FALCKE H., FISH V.L., FOMALONT E., FRAGA-ENCINAS R., FREEMAN W.T., FRIBERG P., FROMM C.M., GOMEZ J.L., GALISON P., GAMMIE C.F., GARCIA R., GENTAZ O., GEORGIEV B., GODDI C., GOLD R., GU M., GURWELL M., HADA K., HECHT M.H., HESPER R., HO L.C., HO P., HONMA M., HUANG C.-W.L., HUANG L., HUGHES D.H., IKEDA S., INOUE M., ISSAOUN S., JAMES D.J., JANNUZI B.T., JANSSEN M., JETER B., JIANG W., JOHNSON M.D., JORSTAD S., JUNG T., KARAMI M., KARUPPUSAMY R., KAWASHIMA T., KEATING G.K., KETTENIS M., KIM J.-Y., KIM J., KIM J., KINO M., KOAY J.Y., KOCH P.M., KOYAMA S., KRAMER M., KRAMER C., KRICHBAUM T.P., KUO C.-Y., LAUER T.R., LEE S.-S., LI Y.-R., LI Z., LINDQVIST M., LIU K., LIUZZO E., LO W.-P., LOBANOV A.P., LOINARD L., LONSDALE C., LU R.-S., MacDONALD N.R., MAO J., MARKOFF S., MARRONE D.P., MARSCHER A.P., MARTI-VIDAL I., MATSUSHITA S., MATTHEWS L.D., MEDEIROS L., MENTEN K.M., MIZUNO Y., MIZUNO I., MORAN J.M., MORIYAMA K., MOSCIBRODZKA M., MULLER C., NAGAI H., NAGAR N.M., NAKAMURA M., NARAYAN R., NARAYANAN G., NATARAJAN I., NERI R., NI C., NOUTSOS A., OKINO H., OLIVARES H., OYAMA T., OZEL F., PALUMBO D.C.M., PATEL N., PEN U.-L., PESCE D.W., PIETU V., PLAMBECK R., POPSTEFANIJA A., PORTH O., PRATHER B., PRECIADO-LOPEZ J.A., PSALTIS D., PU H.-Y., RAMAKRISHNAN V., RAO R., RAWLINGS M.G., RAYMOND A.W., REZZOLLA L., RIPPERDA B., ROELOFS F., ROGERS A., ROS E., ROSE M., ROSHANINESHAT A., ROTTMANN H., ROY A.L., RUSZCZYK C., RYAN B.R., RYGL K.L.J., SANCHEZ S., SANCHEZ-ARGUELLES D., SASADA M., SAVOLAINEN T., SCHLOERB F.P., SCHUSTER K.-F., SHAO L., SHEN Z., SMALL D., SOHN B.W., SOOHOO J., TAZAKI F., TIEDE P., TILANUS R.P.J., TITUS M., TOMA K., TORNE P., TRENT T., TRIPPE S., TSUDA S., VAN BEMMEL I., VAN LANGEVELDE H.J., VAN ROSSUM D.R., WAGNER J., WARDLE J., WEINTROUB J., WEX N., WHARTON R., WIELGUS M., WONG G.N., WU Q., YOUNG A., YOUNG K., YOUNSI Z., YUAN F., YUAN Y.-F., ZENSUS J.A., ZHAO G., ZHAO S.-S., ZHU Z., FARAH J.R., MEYER-ZHAO Z., MICHALIK D., NADOLSKI A., NISHIOKA H., PRADEL N., PRIMIANI R.A., SOUCCAR K., VERTATSCHITSCH L. and YAMAGUCHI P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the first Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of M87, using observations from April 2017 at 1.3 mm wavelength. These images show a prominent ring with a diameter of ∼40 µas, consistent with the size and shape of the lensed photon orbit encircling the "shadow" of a supermassive black hole. The ring is persistent across four observing nights and shows enhanced brightness in the south. To assess the reliability of these results, we implemented a two-stage imaging procedure. In the first stage, four teams, each blind to the others' work, produced images of M87 using both an established method (CLEAN) and a newer technique (regularized maximum likelihood). This stage allowed us to avoid shared human bias and to assess common features among independent reconstructions. In the second stage, we reconstructed synthetic data from a large survey of imaging parameters and then compared the results with the corresponding ground truth images. This stage allowed us to select parameters objectively to use when reconstructing images of M87. Across all tests in both stages, the ring diameter and asymmetry remained stable, insensitive to the choice of imaging technique. We describe the EHT imaging procedures, the primary image features in M87, and the dependence of these features on imaging assumptions.

Abstract Copyright: © 2019. The American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): black hole physics - galaxies: individual: M87 - galaxies: jets - techniques: high angular resolution - techniques: image processing - techniques: interferometric

Simbad objects: 6

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Number of rows : 6
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME Virgo Cluster ClG 12 30 47.8 +12 23 07           ~ 7107 0
2 NAME M87 Jet Rad 12 30 49.423 +12 23 28.04           ~ 315 1
3 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
4 3C 279 Bla 12 56 11.16657958 -05 47 21.5251510   18.01 17.75 15.87   ~ 3205 2
5 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
6 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4970 3

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