Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...21111807l&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #118.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.947
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We perform general relativistic ray-tracing calculations of the transfer of polarized synchrotron radiation through the relativistic accretion flow in Sagittarius A*. The birefringence effects are treated self-consistently. By fitting the spectrum and polarization of Sgr A* from the millimeter to the NIR band with the model, we are able to not only constrain the basic parameters related to the magneto-rotational instability and the electron heating rate, but also limit the orientation of the accretion torus. These constraints lead to unique images of the four Stokes parameters, which may be compared with future mm and sub-mm VLBI observations. In combination with general relativistic MHD simulations, the model can be used to test the theory of the magneto-rotational instability with observations of Sgr A*. This work was funded in part under the auspices of the US Department of Energy, and supported by its contract W-7405-ENG-36 to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Cai Mike J.
Fryer Chris L.
Huang Ling
Li Handong
Liu Siming
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