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Detection and Evolution of Linear Polarization of the Galactic Center Transient MAXI J1744-294

  • Authors: Joseph M. Michail, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg, Mayura Balakrishnan, Geoffrey C. Bower, Nicole M. Ford, Zach Sumners, Giovanni G. Fazio, Daryl Haggard, Joseph L. Hora, Garrett K. Keating, J. D. Livingston, Sera Markoff, Bart Ripperda, Sophia Sánchez-Maes, Howard A. Smith, S. P. Willner, Jun-Hui Zhao

Joseph M. Michail et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1003 .

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Caption: Figure 4.

Schematic setup of the joint polarization fit among all four VLA epochs. The first, third, and final epochs are affected only by the single GC Faraday screen (ϕGC) whereas one of the two components in the second epoch has an additional secondary Faraday screen (ϕlocal). Intrinsic polarization angles for each day and component are denoted in red, while the measured polarization angles are in blue. Intermediate (unobserved) polarization angles are shown in yellow and magenta. “+” denotes that the sum of the two components gave the observed linear polarization on 2025 April 6. Physical scales are not accurately represented.

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