Sagittarius A* Accretion Flow and Black Hole Parameters from General Relativistic Dynamical and Polarized Radiative Modeling

Abstract

We obtain estimates of Sgr A* accretion flow and black hole parameters by fitting polarized sub-mm observations with spectra computed using three-dimensional (3D) general relativistic (GR) magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) (GRMHD) simulations. Observations are compiled from averages over many epochs from reports in 29 papers for estimating the mean fluxes Fnu, linear polarization (LP) fractions, circular polarization (CP) fractions, and electric vector position angles (EVPAs). GRMHD simulations are computed with dimensionless spins a_*=0,0.5,0.7,0.9,0.98 over a 20,000M time interval. We perform fully self-consistent GR polarized radiative transfer using our new code to explore the effects of spin a_*, inclination angle θ, position angle (PA), accretion rate Mdot, and electron temperature Te (Te is reported for radius 6M). By fitting the mean sub-mm fluxes and LP/CP fractions, we obtain estimates for these model parameters and determine the physical effects that could produce polarization signatures. Our best bet model has a_*=0.5, θ=75deg, PA=115deg, Mdot=4.6*10^{-8}M_Sun/year, and Te=3.1*10^10K at 6M. The sub-mm CP is mainly produced by Faraday conversion as modified by Faraday rotation, and the emission region size at 230GHz is consistent with the VLBI size of 37microas. Across all spins, model parameters are in the ranges θ=42deg-75deg, Mdot=(1.4-7.0)*10^{-8}M_Sun/year, and Te=(3-4)*10^10K. Polarization is found both to help differentiate models and to introduce new observational constraints on the effects of the magnetic field that might not be fit by accretion models so-far considered.

19 pages, 11 figures, accepted to ApJ

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