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Photon Ring Astrometry. I. A Simple Spin Measurement Technique for High-resolution Images of M87*

  • Authors: Delilah E. A. Gates, Dominic O. Chang, Aaron Held, Daniel C. M. Palumbo

Delilah E. A. Gates et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1007 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

Normalized parallel (top rows) and transverse (bottom rows) shifts in images of MAD GRMHD M87* simulations, viewed at θo  =  17, as a function of spin (left) and Rhigh (right). Marker style denotes accretion-flow rotation sense. Marker color denotes Rhigh on the left and spin on the right. Best fits of GRMHD models are shown as light blue bands for prograde flows (﹩{\hat{S}}_{\parallel ,+}﹩ Equation (8) and ﹩{\hat{S}}_{\perp ,+}﹩ Equation (11)) and pink bands for retrograde flows (﹩{\hat{S}}_{\parallel ,-}﹩ Equation (9) and ﹩{\hat{S}}_{\perp ,-}﹩ Equation (12)). Best-fit mean values from the equatorial ring model (﹩{\bar{S}}_{\parallel ,{\rm{e}}rm}﹩ Equation (3) and ﹩{\bar{S}}_{\perp ,{\rm{e}}rm}﹩ Equation (4)) are shown as dashed and dotted lines in gray (top left, top right, and bottom left) and spin-dependent colors (bottom right).

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