2024ApJ...964L..25E

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2024ApJ...964L..25E - Astrophys. J., 964, L25 (2024/April-1)

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring.

EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE COLLABORATION, AKIYAMA K., ALBERDI A., ALEF W., ALGABA J.C., ANANTUA R., ASADA K., AZULAY R., BACH U., BACZKO A.-K., BALL D., BALOKOVIC M., BANDYOPADHYAY B., BARRETT J., BAUBOCK M., BENSON B.A., BINTLEY D., BLACKBURN L., BLUNDELL R., BOUMAN K.L., BOWER G.C., BOYCE H., BREMER M., BRINKERINK C.D., BRISSENDEN R., BRITZEN S., BRODERICK A.E., BROGUIERE D., BRONZWAER T., BUSTAMANTE S., BYUN D.-Y., CARLSTROM J.E., CECCOBELLO C., CHAEL A., CHAN C.-K., CHANG D.O., CHATTERJEE K., CHATTERJEE S., CHEN M.-T., CHEN Y., CHENG X., CHO I., CHRISTIAN P., CONROY N.S., CONWAY J.E., CORDES J.M., CRAWFORD T.M., CREW G.B., CRUZ-OSORIO A., CUI Y., DAHALE R., DAVELAAR J., DE LAURENTIS M., DEANE R., DEMPSEY J., DESVIGNES G., DEXTER J., DHRUV V., DIHINGIA I.K., DOELEMAN S.S., DOUGALL S.T., DZIB S.A., EATOUGH R.P., EMAMI R., FALCKE H., FARAH J., FISH V.L., FOMALONT E., FORD H.A., FOSCHI M., FRAGA-ENCINAS R., FREEMAN W.T., FRIBERG P., FROMM C.M., FUENTES A., GALISON P., GAMMIE C.F., GARCIA R., GENTAZ O., GEORGIEV B., GODDI C., GOLD R., GOMEZ-RUIZ A.I., GOMEZ J.L., GU M., GURWELL M., HADA K., HAGGARD D., HAWORTH K., HECHT M.H., HESPER R., HEUMANN D., HO L.C., HO P., HONMA M., HUANG C.-W.L., HUANG L., HUGHES D.H., IKEDA S., IMPELLIZZERI C.M.V., INOUE M., ISSAOUN S., JAMES D.J., JANNUZI B.T., JANSSEN M., JETER B., JIANG W., JIMENEZ-ROSALES A., JOHNSON M.D., JORSTAD S., JOSHI A.V., JUNG T., KARAMI M., KARUPPUSAMY R., KAWASHIMA T., KEATING G.K., KETTENIS M., KIM D.-J., KIM J.-Y., KIM J., KIM J., KINO M., KOAY J.Y., KOCHERLAKOTA P., KOFUJI Y., KOCH P.M., KOYAMA S., KRAMER C., KRAMER J.A., KRAMER M., KRICHBAUM T.P., KUO C.-Y., LA BELLA N., LAUER T.R., LEE D., LEE S.-S., LEUNG P.K., LEVIS A., LI Z., LICO R., LINDAHL G., LINDQVIST M., LISAKOV M., LIU J., LIU K., LIUZZO E., LO W.-P., LOBANOV A.P., LOINARD L., LONSDALE C.J., LOWITZ A.E., LU R.-S., MacDONALD N.R., MAO J., MARCHILI N., MARKOFF S., MARRONE D.P., MARSCHER A.P., MARTI-VIDAL I., MATSUSHITA S., MATTHEWS L.D., MEDEIROS L., MENTEN K.M., MICHALIK D., MIZUNO I., MIZUNO Y., MORAN J.M., MORIYAMA K., MOSCIBRODZKA M., MULAUDZI W., MULLER C., MULLER H., MUS A., MUSOKE G., MYSERLIS I., NADOLSKI A., NAGAI H., NAGAR N.M., NAKAMURA M., NARAYANAN G., NATARAJAN I., NATHANAIL A., NAVARRO FUENTES S., NEILSEN J., NERI R., NI C., NOUTSOS A., NOWAK M.A., OH J., OKINO H., OLIVARES H., ORTIZ-LEON G.N., OYAMA T., OZEL F., PALUMBO D.C.M., PARASCHOS G.F., PARK J., PARSONS H., PATEL N., PEN U.-L., PESCE D.W., PIETU V., PLAMBECK R., POPSTEFANIJA A., PORTH O., POTZL F.M., PRATHER B., PRECIADO-LOPEZ J.A., PSALTIS D., PU H.-Y., RAMAKRISHNAN V., RAO R., RAWLINGS M.G., RAYMOND A.W., REZZOLLA L., RICARTE A., RIPPERDA B., ROELOFS F., ROGERS A., ROMERO-CANIZALES C., ROS E., ROSHANINESHAT A., ROTTMANN H., ROY A.L., RUIZ I., RUSZCZYK C., RYGL K.L.J., SANCHEZ S., SANCHEZ-ARGUELLES D., SANCHEZ-PORTAL M., SASADA M., SATAPATHY K., SAVOLAINEN T., SCHLOERB F.P., SCHONFELD J., SCHUSTER K.-F., SHAO L., SHEN Z., SMALL D., SOHN B.W., SOOHOO J., SOSAPANTA SALAS L.D., SOUCCAR K., STANWAY J.S., SUN H., TAZAKI F., TETARENKO A.J., TIEDE P., TILANUS R.P.J., TITUS M., TORNE P., TOSCANO T., TRAIANOU E., TRENT T., TRIPPE S., TURK M., VAN BEMMEL I., VAN LANGEVELDE H.J., VAN ROSSUM D.R., VOS J., WAGNER J., WARD-THOMPSON D., WARDLE J., WASHINGTON J.E., WEINTROUB J., WHARTON R., WIELGUS M., WIIK K., WITZEL G., WONDRAK M.F., WONG G.N., WU Q., YADLAPALLI N., YAMAGUCHI P., YFANTIS A., YOON D., YOUNG A., YOUNG K., YOUNSI Z., YU W., YUAN F., YUAN Y.-F., ZENSUS J.A., ZHANG S., ZHAO G.-Y. and ZHAO S.-S.

Abstract (from CDS):

The Event Horizon Telescope observed the horizon-scale synchrotron emission region around the Galactic center supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), in 2017. These observations revealed a bright, thick ring morphology with a diameter of 51.8 ± 2.3 μas and modest azimuthal brightness asymmetry, consistent with the expected appearance of a black hole with mass M ≈ 4 × 106M⊙. From these observations, we present the first resolved linear and circular polarimetric images of Sgr A*. The linear polarization images demonstrate that the emission ring is highly polarized, exhibiting a prominent spiral electric vector polarization angle pattern with a peak fractional polarization of ∼40% in the western portion of the ring. The circular polarization images feature a modestly (∼5%-10%) polarized dipole structure along the emission ring, with negative circular polarization in the western region and positive circular polarization in the eastern region, although our methods exhibit stronger disagreement than for linear polarization. We analyze the data using multiple independent imaging and modeling methods, each of which is validated using a standardized suite of synthetic data sets. While the detailed spatial distribution of the linear polarization along the ring remains uncertain owing to the intrinsic variability of the source, the spiraling polarization structure is robust to methodological choices. The degree and orientation of the linear polarization provide stringent constraints for the black hole and its surrounding magnetic fields, which we discuss in an accompanying publication.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Black holes - Supermassive black holes - Polarimetry - Radio interferometry - Very long baseline interferometry - Galactic center

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Number of rows : 5
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 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
2 QSO B1730-130 Bla 17 33 02.70578907 -13 04 49.5482119   18 19.50 18.78 17.39 ~ 1198 1
3 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
4 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4970 3
5 QSO B1921-293 BLL 19 24 51.05595254 -29 14 30.1210248   18.71 18.21 15.07   ~ 918 1

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