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Caption: Figure 2.
Mean images for all models in the v5 library (averaging over Rhigh, Rlow, and time, and blurred using a 15 μas full width at half maximum Gaussian kernel) at i = 17° for a* < 0 and i = 163° for a* ≥ 0, across each spin (columns) for MADs (top row) and SANEs (bottom row). Asymmetry magnitude typically increases with ∣a*∣. In these images, the projected prograde spins point up, retrograde spins point down, the accretion flow angular momentum points up, and jet axis is vertical. The position angle of the brightness asymmetry approximately follows the sign of the spin, consistent with EHTC M87 V. See Appendix A for a discussion of SANEs.
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