Broadband Multi-wavelength Properties of M87 during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope Campaign
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Published:2021-04-01
Issue:1
Volume:911
Page:L11
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ISSN:2041-8205
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Container-title:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Short-container-title:ApJL
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Algaba J. C.ORCID, Anczarski J.ORCID, Asada K., Baloković M.ORCID, Chandra S.ORCID, Cui Y.-Z.ORCID, Falcone A. D.ORCID, Giroletti M.ORCID, Goddi C.ORCID, Hada K.ORCID, Haggard D.ORCID, Jorstad S.ORCID, Kaur A.ORCID, Kawashima T.ORCID, Keating G.ORCID, Kim J.-Y.ORCID, Kino M.ORCID, Komossa S.ORCID, Kravchenko E. V.ORCID, Krichbaum T. P.ORCID, Lee S.-S.ORCID, Lu R.-S.ORCID, Lucchini M., Markoff S.ORCID, Neilsen J.ORCID, Nowak M. A.ORCID, Park J.ORCID, Principe G.ORCID, Ramakrishnan V.ORCID, Reynolds M. T.ORCID, Sasada M.ORCID, Savchenko S. S.ORCID, Williamson K. E.ORCID, Akiyama KazunoriORCID, Alberdi AntxonORCID, Alef Walter, Anantua RichardORCID, Azulay RebeccaORCID, Baczko Anne-KathrinORCID, Ball David, Barrett JohnORCID, Bintley Dan, Benson Bradford A.ORCID, Blackburn LindyORCID, Blundell RaymondORCID, Boland Wilfred, Bouman Katherine L.ORCID, Bower Geoffrey C.ORCID, Boyce HopeORCID, Bremer Michael, Brinkerink Christiaan D.ORCID, Brissenden RogerORCID, Britzen SilkeORCID, Broderick Avery E.ORCID, Broguiere Dominique, Bronzwaer ThomasORCID, Byun Do-YoungORCID, Carlstrom John E., Chael AndrewORCID, Chan Chi-kwanORCID, Chatterjee ShamiORCID, Chatterjee KoushikORCID, Chen Ming-Tang, Chen Yongjun, Chesler Paul M.ORCID, Cho IljeORCID, Christian PierreORCID, Conway John E.ORCID, Cordes James M., Crawford Thomas M.ORCID, Crew Geoffrey B.ORCID, Cruz-Osorio AlejandroORCID, Davelaar JordyORCID, De Laurentis MariafeliciaORCID, Deane RogerORCID, Dempsey JessicaORCID, Desvignes GregoryORCID, Dexter JasonORCID, Doeleman Sheperd S.ORCID, Eatough Ralph P.ORCID, Falcke HeinoORCID, Farah JosephORCID, Fish Vincent L.ORCID, Fomalont Ed, Ford H. AlysonORCID, Fraga-Encinas RaquelORCID, Friberg Per, Fromm Christian M., Fuentes AntonioORCID, Galison PeterORCID, Gammie Charles F.ORCID, García RobertoORCID, Gentaz Olivier, Georgiev BorisORCID, Gold RomanORCID, Gómez José L., Gómez-Ruiz Arturo I.ORCID, Gu MinfengORCID, Gurwell MarkORCID, Hecht Michael H., Hesper RonaldORCID, Ho Luis C.ORCID, Ho Paul, Honma MarekiORCID, Huang Chih-Wei L.ORCID, Huang Lei, Hughes David H., Ikeda ShiroORCID, Inoue Makoto, Issaoun SaraORCID, James David J.ORCID, Jannuzi Buell T., Janssen MichaelORCID, Jeter BrittonORCID, Jiang WuORCID, Jiménez-Rosales AlejandraORCID, Johnson Michael D.ORCID, Jung TaehyunORCID, Karami MansourORCID, Karuppusamy RameshORCID, Kettenis MarkORCID, Kim Dong-JinORCID, Kim Jongsoo, Kim JunhanORCID, Koay Jun YiORCID, Kofuji Yutaro, Koch Patrick M.ORCID, Koyama ShokoORCID, Kramer MichaelORCID, Kramer CarstenORCID, Kuo Cheng-Yu, Lauer Tod R.ORCID, Levis AviadORCID, Li Yan-RongORCID, Li ZhiyuanORCID, Lindqvist MichaelORCID, Lico RoccoORCID, Lindahl GregORCID, Liu JunORCID, Liu KuoORCID, Liuzzo ElisabettaORCID, Lo Wen-Ping, Lobanov Andrei P., Loinard LaurentORCID, Lonsdale Colin, MacDonald Nicholas R.ORCID, Mao JirongORCID, Marchili NicolaORCID, Marrone Daniel P.ORCID, Marscher Alan P.ORCID, Martí-Vidal IvánORCID, Matsushita SatokiORCID, Matthews Lynn D.ORCID, Medeiros LiaORCID, Menten Karl M.ORCID, Mizuno IzumiORCID, Mizuno YosukeORCID, Moran James M.ORCID, Moriyama KotaroORCID, Moscibrodzka MonikaORCID, Müller CorneliaORCID, Musoke GibwaORCID, Mejías Alejandro MusORCID, Nagai HiroshiORCID, Nagar Neil M.ORCID, Nakamura MasanoriORCID, Narayan RameshORCID, Narayanan Gopal, Natarajan IniyanORCID, Nathanail Antonios, Neri Roberto, Ni ChunchongORCID, Noutsos AristeidisORCID, Okino Hiroki, Olivares HéctorORCID, Ortiz-León Gisela N.ORCID, Oyama Tomoaki, Özel Feryal, Palumbo Daniel C. M.ORCID, Patel Nimesh, Pen Ue-LiORCID, Pesce Dominic W.ORCID, Piétu Vincent, Plambeck Richard, PopStefanija Aleksandar, Porth OliverORCID, Pötzl Felix M.ORCID, Prather BenORCID, Preciado-López Jorge A.ORCID, Psaltis Dimitrios, Pu Hung-YiORCID, Rao RamprasadORCID, Rawlings Mark G., Raymond Alexander W.ORCID, Rezzolla LucianoORCID, Ricarte AngeloORCID, Ripperda BartORCID, Roelofs FreekORCID, Rogers Alan, Ros EduardoORCID, Rose MelORCID, Roshanineshat Arash, Rottmann Helge, Roy Alan L.ORCID, Ruszczyk ChetORCID, Rygl Kazi L. J.ORCID, Sánchez Salvador, Sánchez-Arguelles DavidORCID, Savolainen TuomasORCID, Schloerb F. Peter, Schuster Karl-Friedrich, Shao LijingORCID, Shen ZhiqiangORCID, Small DesORCID, Sohn Bong WonORCID, SooHoo JasonORCID, Sun HeORCID, Tazaki FumieORCID, Tetarenko Alexandra J.ORCID, Tiede PaulORCID, Tilanus Remo P. 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Abstract
Abstract
In 2017, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration succeeded in capturing the first direct image of the center of the M87 galaxy. The asymmetric ring morphology and size are consistent with theoretical expectations for a weakly accreting supermassive black hole of mass ∼6.5 × 109
M
⊙. The EHTC also partnered with several international facilities in space and on the ground, to arrange an extensive, quasi-simultaneous multi-wavelength campaign. This Letter presents the results and analysis of this campaign, as well as the multi-wavelength data as a legacy data repository. We captured M87 in a historically low state, and the core flux dominates over HST-1 at high energies, making it possible to combine core flux constraints with the more spatially precise very long baseline interferometry data. We present the most complete simultaneous multi-wavelength spectrum of the active nucleus to date, and discuss the complexity and caveats of combining data from different spatial scales into one broadband spectrum. We apply two heuristic, isotropic leptonic single-zone models to provide insight into the basic source properties, but conclude that a structured jet is necessary to explain M87’s spectrum. We can exclude that the simultaneous γ-ray emission is produced via inverse Compton emission in the same region producing the EHT mm-band emission, and further conclude that the γ-rays can only be produced in the inner jets (inward of HST-1) if there are strongly particle-dominated regions. Direct synchrotron emission from accelerated protons and secondaries cannot yet be excluded.
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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