Polarimetric Geometric Modeling for mm-VLBI Observations of Black Holes

Author:

Roelofs FreekORCID,Johnson Michael D.ORCID,Chael AndrewORCID,Janssen MichaelORCID,Wielgus MaciekORCID,Broderick Avery E.ORCID,Akiyama KazunoriORCID,Alberdi AntxonORCID,Alef Walter,Algaba Juan CarlosORCID,Anantua RichardORCID,Asada KeiichiORCID,Azulay RebeccaORCID,Bach UweORCID,Baczko Anne-KathrinORCID,Ball David,Baloković MislavORCID,Barrett JohnORCID,Bauböck MichiORCID,Benson Bradford A.ORCID,Bintley Dan,Blackburn LindyORCID,Blundell RaymondORCID,Bouman Katherine L.ORCID,Bower Geoffrey C.ORCID,Boyce HopeORCID,Bremer Michael,Brinkerink Christiaan D.ORCID,Brissenden RogerORCID,Britzen SilkeORCID,Broguiere DominiqueORCID,Bronzwaer ThomasORCID,Bustamante SandraORCID,Byun Do-YoungORCID,Carlstrom John E.ORCID,Ceccobello ChiaraORCID,Chan Chi-kwanORCID,Chang Dominic O.ORCID,Chatterjee KoushikORCID,Chatterjee ShamiORCID,Chen Ming-TangORCID,Chen 陈 Yongjun 永军ORCID,Cheng XiaopengORCID,Cho IljeORCID,Christian PierreORCID,Conroy Nicholas S.ORCID,Conway John E.ORCID,Cordes James M.ORCID,Crawford Thomas M.ORCID,Crew Geoffrey B.ORCID,Cruz-Osorio AlejandroORCID,Cui 崔 Yuzhu 玉竹ORCID,Dahale RohanORCID,Davelaar JordyORCID,De Laurentis MariafeliciaORCID,Deane RogerORCID,Dempsey JessicaORCID,Desvignes GregoryORCID,Dexter JasonORCID,Dhruv VedantORCID,Doeleman Sheperd S.ORCID,Dougal SeanORCID,Dzib Sergio A.ORCID,Eatough Ralph P.ORCID,Emami RaziehORCID,Falcke HeinoORCID,Farah JosephORCID,Fish Vincent L.ORCID,Fomalont EdORCID,Ford H. AlysonORCID,Foschi MariannaORCID,Fraga-Encinas RaquelORCID,Freeman William T.,Friberg PerORCID,Fromm Christian M.ORCID,Fuentes AntonioORCID,Galison PeterORCID,Gammie Charles F.ORCID,García RobertoORCID,Gentaz OlivierORCID,Georgiev BorisORCID,Goddi CiriacoORCID,Gold RomanORCID,Gómez-Ruiz Arturo I.ORCID,Gómez José L.ORCID,Gu 顾 Minfeng 敏峰ORCID,Gurwell MarkORCID,Hada KazuhiroORCID,Haggard DarylORCID,Haworth Kari,Hecht Michael H.ORCID,Hesper RonaldORCID,Heumann DirkORCID,Ho 何 Luis C. 子山ORCID,Ho PaulORCID,Honma MarekiORCID,Huang Chih-Wei L.ORCID,Huang 黄 Lei 磊ORCID,Hughes David H.,Ikeda ShiroORCID,Impellizzeri C. M. VioletteORCID,Inoue MakotoORCID,Issaoun SaraORCID,James David J.ORCID,Jannuzi Buell T.ORCID,Jeter BrittonORCID,Jiang 江 Wu 悟ORCID,Jiménez-Rosales AlejandraORCID,Jorstad SvetlanaORCID,Joshi Abhishek V.ORCID,Jung TaehyunORCID,Karami MansourORCID,Karuppusamy RameshORCID,Kawashima TomohisaORCID,Keating Garrett K.ORCID,Kettenis MarkORCID,Kim Dong-JinORCID,Kim Jae-YoungORCID,Kim JongsooORCID,Kim JunhanORCID,Kino MotokiORCID,Koay Jun YiORCID,Kocherlakota PrashantORCID,Kofuji Yutaro,Koch Patrick M.ORCID,Koyama ShokoORCID,Kramer CarstenORCID,Kramer Joana A.ORCID,Kramer MichaelORCID,Krichbaum Thomas P.ORCID,Kuo Cheng-YuORCID,La Bella NoemiORCID,Lauer Tod R.ORCID,Lee DaeyoungORCID,Lee Sang-SungORCID,Leung Po KinORCID,Levis AviadORCID,Li 李 Zhiyuan 志远ORCID,Lico RoccoORCID,Lindahl GregORCID,Lindqvist MichaelORCID,Lisakov MikhailORCID,Liu 刘 Jun 俊ORCID,Liu KuoORCID,Liuzzo ElisabettaORCID,Lo Wen-PingORCID,Lobanov Andrei P.ORCID,Loinard LaurentORCID,Lonsdale Colin J.ORCID,Lowitz Amy E.ORCID,Lu 路 Ru-Sen 如森ORCID,MacDonald Nicholas R.ORCID,Mao 毛 Jirong 基荣ORCID,Marchili NicolaORCID,Markoff SeraORCID,Marrone Daniel P.ORCID,Marscher Alan P.ORCID,Martí-Vidal IvánORCID,Matsushita SatokiORCID,Matthews Lynn D.ORCID,Medeiros LiaORCID,Menten Karl M.ORCID,Michalik DanielORCID,Mizuno IzumiORCID,Mizuno YosukeORCID,Moran James M.ORCID,Moriyama KotaroORCID,Moscibrodzka MonikaORCID,Mulaudzi WangaORCID,Müller CorneliaORCID,Müller HendrikORCID,Mus AlejandroORCID,Musoke GibwaORCID,Myserlis IoannisORCID,Nadolski AndrewORCID,Nagai HiroshiORCID,Nagar Neil M.ORCID,Nakamura MasanoriORCID,Narayan RameshORCID,Narayanan GopalORCID,Natarajan IniyanORCID,Nathanail Antonios,Fuentes Santiago Navarro,Neilsen JoeyORCID,Neri RobertoORCID,Ni ChunchongORCID,Noutsos AristeidisORCID,Nowak Michael A.ORCID,Oh JunghwanORCID,Okino HirokiORCID,Olivares HéctorORCID,Ortiz-León Gisela N.ORCID,Oyama TomoakiORCID,Özel FeryalORCID,Palumbo Daniel C. M.ORCID,Paraschos Georgios FilipposORCID,Park JonghoORCID,Parsons HarrietORCID,Patel NimeshORCID,Pen Ue-LiORCID,Pesce Dominic W.ORCID,Piétu Vincent,Plambeck RichardORCID,PopStefanija Aleksandar,Porth OliverORCID,Pötzl Felix M.ORCID,Prather BenORCID,Preciado-López Jorge A.ORCID,Psaltis DimitriosORCID,Pu Hung-YiORCID,Ramakrishnan VenkatesshORCID,Rao RamprasadORCID,Rawlings Mark G.ORCID,Raymond Alexander W.ORCID,Rezzolla LucianoORCID,Ricarte AngeloORCID,Ripperda BartORCID,Rogers AlanORCID,Romero-Cañizales CristinaORCID,Ros EduardoORCID,Roshanineshat ArashORCID,Rottmann Helge,Roy Alan L.ORCID,Ruiz IgnacioORCID,Ruszczyk ChetORCID,Rygl Kazi L. J.ORCID,Sánchez SalvadorORCID,Sánchez-Argüelles DavidORCID,Sánchez-Portal MiguelORCID,Sasada MahitoORCID,Satapathy KaushikORCID,Savolainen TuomasORCID,Schloerb F. Peter,Schonfeld JonathanORCID,Schuster Karl-FriedrichORCID,Shao LijingORCID,Shen 沈 Zhiqiang 志强ORCID,Small DesORCID,Sohn Bong WonORCID,SooHoo JasonORCID,Sosapanta Salas León DavidORCID,Souccar KamalORCID,Sun 孙 He 赫ORCID,Tazaki FumieORCID,Tetarenko Alexandra J.ORCID,Tiede PaulORCID,Tilanus Remo P. J.ORCID,Titus MichaelORCID,Torne PabloORCID,Toscano TeresaORCID,Traianou EfthaliaORCID,Trent TylerORCID,Trippe SaschaORCID,Turk MatthewORCID,van Bemmel IlseORCID,van Langevelde Huib JanORCID,van Rossum Daniel R.ORCID,Vos JesseORCID,Wagner JanORCID,Ward-Thompson DerekORCID,Wardle JohnORCID,Washington Jasmin E.ORCID,Weintroub JonathanORCID,Wharton RobertORCID,Wiik KajORCID,Witzel GuntherORCID,Wondrak Michael F.ORCID,Wong George N.ORCID,Wu 吴 Qingwen 庆文ORCID,Yadlapalli NitikaORCID,Yamaguchi PaulORCID,Yfantis AristomenisORCID,Yoon DoosooORCID,Young AndréORCID,Young KenORCID,Younsi ZiriORCID,Yu 于 Wei 威ORCID,Yuan 袁 Feng 峰ORCID,Yuan 袁 Ye-Fei 业飞ORCID,Zensus J. AntonORCID,Zhang ShuoORCID,Zhao Guang-YaoORCID,Zhao 赵 Shan-Shan 杉杉ORCID

Abstract

Abstract The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a millimeter very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) array that has imaged the apparent shadows of the supermassive black holes M87* and Sagittarius A*. Polarimetric data from these observations contain a wealth of information on the black hole and accretion flow properties. In this work, we develop polarimetric geometric modeling methods for mm-VLBI data, focusing on approaches that fit data products with differing degrees of invariance to broad classes of calibration errors. We establish a fitting procedure using a polarimetric “m-ring” model to approximate the image structure near a black hole. By fitting this model to synthetic EHT data from general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic models, we show that the linear and circular polarization structure can be successfully approximated with relatively few model parameters. We then fit this model to EHT observations of M87* taken in 2017. In total intensity and linear polarization, the m-ring fits are consistent with previous results from imaging methods. In circular polarization, the m-ring fits indicate the presence of event-horizon-scale circular polarization structure, with a persistent dipolar asymmetry and orientation across several days. The same structure was recovered independently of observing band, used data products, and model assumptions. Despite this broad agreement, imaging methods do not produce similarly consistent results. Our circular polarization results, which imposed additional assumptions on the source structure, should thus be interpreted with some caution. Polarimetric geometric modeling provides a useful and powerful method to constrain the properties of horizon-scale polarized emission, particularly for sparse arrays like the EHT.

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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