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| author | Emami, Razieh Liska, Matthew Chatterjee, Koushik Bower, Geoffrey C. Benbow, Wystan Finkbeiner, Douglas Wielgus, Maciek Hernquist, Lars Smith, Randall Tremblay, Grant Ricarte, Angelo Steiner, James F. Broderick, Avery E. Saurabh Davelaar, Jordy Grindlay, Josh Vogelsberger, Mark Chan, Chi-Kwan |
| author_facet | Emami, Razieh Liska, Matthew Chatterjee, Koushik Bower, Geoffrey C. Benbow, Wystan Finkbeiner, Douglas Wielgus, Maciek Hernquist, Lars Smith, Randall Tremblay, Grant Ricarte, Angelo Steiner, James F. Broderick, Avery E. Saurabh Davelaar, Jordy Grindlay, Josh Vogelsberger, Mark Chan, Chi-Kwan |
| contents | Recent multi-wavelength observations of M87* \citep{2024A&A...692A.140A} revealed a high-energy $γ$-ray flare without a corresponding millimeter counterpart. We present a theoretical polarimetric study to evaluate the presence and nature of a potential millimeter flare in M87*, using a suite of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamical simulations with varying black hole (BH) spins and magnetic field configurations. We find that the emergence of a millimeter flare is strongly influenced by both spin and magnetic structure, with limited sensitivity to the electron distribution (thermal vs. non-thermal). We model the intensity light curve with a damped random walk (DRW) and compare the characteristic timescale ($τ$) with recent SMA observations, finding that the simulated $τ$ exceeds observed values by over an order of magnitude. In a flaring case with BH spin a=+0.5, we identify a distinct millimeter flare followed by an order-of-magnitude flux drop. All Stokes parameters show variability near the flare, including a sign reversal in the electric vector position angle. While most $β_m$ modes remain stable, the $EB$-correlation phase is highly sensitive to both the flare peak and decay. We examine polarimetric signatures in photon sub-rings, focusing on modes ns=0 and ns=1. The ns=0 signal closely matches the full image, while ns=1 reveals distinct behaviors, highlighting the potential of space VLBI to isolate sub-ring features. Finally, we analyze the magnetic and velocity field evolution during the flare, finding that magnetic reconnection weakens during the flux decay, and the clockwise velocity flow transitions into an outflow-dominated regime. These results suggest that transient radio variability near flares encodes key information about black hole spin and magnetic field structure, offering a novel probe into the physics of active galactic nuclei. |
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| spellingShingle | Novel Polarimetric Analysis of Near Horizon Flaring Episodes in M87* in Millimeter Wavelength Emami, Razieh Liska, Matthew Chatterjee, Koushik Bower, Geoffrey C. Benbow, Wystan Finkbeiner, Douglas Wielgus, Maciek Hernquist, Lars Smith, Randall Tremblay, Grant Ricarte, Angelo Steiner, James F. Broderick, Avery E. Saurabh Davelaar, Jordy Grindlay, Josh Vogelsberger, Mark Chan, Chi-Kwan High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Recent multi-wavelength observations of M87* \citep{2024A&A...692A.140A} revealed a high-energy $γ$-ray flare without a corresponding millimeter counterpart. We present a theoretical polarimetric study to evaluate the presence and nature of a potential millimeter flare in M87*, using a suite of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamical simulations with varying black hole (BH) spins and magnetic field configurations. We find that the emergence of a millimeter flare is strongly influenced by both spin and magnetic structure, with limited sensitivity to the electron distribution (thermal vs. non-thermal). We model the intensity light curve with a damped random walk (DRW) and compare the characteristic timescale ($τ$) with recent SMA observations, finding that the simulated $τ$ exceeds observed values by over an order of magnitude. In a flaring case with BH spin a=+0.5, we identify a distinct millimeter flare followed by an order-of-magnitude flux drop. All Stokes parameters show variability near the flare, including a sign reversal in the electric vector position angle. While most $β_m$ modes remain stable, the $EB$-correlation phase is highly sensitive to both the flare peak and decay. We examine polarimetric signatures in photon sub-rings, focusing on modes ns=0 and ns=1. The ns=0 signal closely matches the full image, while ns=1 reveals distinct behaviors, highlighting the potential of space VLBI to isolate sub-ring features. Finally, we analyze the magnetic and velocity field evolution during the flare, finding that magnetic reconnection weakens during the flux decay, and the clockwise velocity flow transitions into an outflow-dominated regime. These results suggest that transient radio variability near flares encodes key information about black hole spin and magnetic field structure, offering a novel probe into the physics of active galactic nuclei. |
| title | Novel Polarimetric Analysis of Near Horizon Flaring Episodes in M87* in Millimeter Wavelength |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04695 |