The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87

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,Akiyama KazunoriORCID,Alberdi AntxonORCID,Alef Walter,Algaba Juan CarlosORCID,Anantua RichardORCID,Asada KeiichiORCID,Azulay RebeccaORCID,Bach UweORCID,Baczko Anne-KathrinORCID,Ball David,Baloković MislavORCID,Bandyopadhyay BidishaORCID,Barrett JohnORCID,Bauböck MichiORCID,Benson Bradford A.ORCID,Bintley Dan,Blackburn LindyORCID,Blundell RaymondORCID,Bouman Katherine L.ORCID,Bower Geoffrey C.ORCID,Boyce HopeORCID,Bremer Michael,Brissenden RogerORCID,Britzen SilkeORCID,Broderick Avery E.ORCID,Broguiere DominiqueORCID,Bronzwaer ThomasORCID,Bustamante SandraORCID,Carlstrom John E.ORCID,Chael AndrewORCID,Chan Chi-kwanORCID,Chang Dominic O.ORCID,Chatterjee KoushikORCID,Chatterjee ShamiORCID,Chen Ming-TangORCID,Chen YongjunORCID,Cheng XiaopengORCID,Cho IljeORCID,Christian PierreORCID,Conroy Nicholas S.ORCID,Conway John E.ORCID,Crawford Thomas M.ORCID,Crew Geoffrey B.ORCID,Cruz-Osorio AlejandroORCID,Cui YuzhuORCID,Dahale RohanORCID,Davelaar JordyORCID,De Laurentis MariafeliciaORCID,Deane RogerORCID,Dempsey JessicaORCID,Desvignes GregoryORCID,Dexter JasonORCID,Dhruv VedantORCID,Dihingia Indu K.ORCID,Doeleman Sheperd S.ORCID,Dzib Sergio A.ORCID,Eatough Ralph P.ORCID,Emami RaziehORCID,Falcke HeinoORCID,Farah JosephORCID,Fish Vincent L.ORCID,Fomalont EdwardORCID,Ford H. AlysonORCID,Foschi MariannaORCID,Fraga-Encinas RaquelORCID,Freeman William T.,Friberg PerORCID,Fromm Christian M.ORCID,Fuentes AntonioORCID,Galison PeterORCID,Gammie Charles F.ORCID,García RobertoORCID,Gentaz OlivierORCID,Georgiev BorisORCID,Goddi CiriacoORCID,Gold RomanORCID,Gómez-Ruiz Arturo I.ORCID,Gómez José L.ORCID,Gu MinfengORCID,Gurwell MarkORCID,Hada KazuhiroORCID,Haggard DarylORCID,Hesper RonaldORCID,Heumann DirkORCID,Ho Luis C.ORCID,Ho PaulORCID,Honma MarekiORCID,Huang Chih-Wei L.ORCID,Huang LeiORCID,Hughes David H.,Ikeda ShiroORCID,Violette Impellizzeri C. M.ORCID,Inoue MakotoORCID,Issaoun SaraORCID,James David J.ORCID,Jannuzi Buell T.ORCID,Janssen MichaelORCID,Jeter BrittonORCID,Jiang WuORCID,Jiménez-Rosales AlejandraORCID,Johnson Michael D.ORCID,Jorstad SvetlanaORCID,Jones Adam C.,Joshi Abhishek V.ORCID,Jung TaehyunORCID,Karuppusamy RameshORCID,Kawashima TomohisaORCID,Keating Garrett K.ORCID,Kettenis MarkORCID,Kim Dong-JinORCID,Kim Jae-YoungORCID,Kim JongsooORCID,Kim JunhanORCID,Kino MotokiORCID,Koay Jun YiORCID,Kocherlakota PrashantORCID,Kofuji Yutaro,Koch Patrick M.ORCID,Koyama ShokoORCID,Kramer CarstenORCID,Kramer Joana A.ORCID,Kramer MichaelORCID,Krichbaum Thomas P.ORCID,Kuo Cheng-YuORCID,La Bella NoemiORCID,Lee Sang-SungORCID,Levis AviadORCID,Li ZhiyuanORCID,Lico RoccoORCID,Lindahl GregORCID,Lindqvist MichaelORCID,Lisakov MikhailORCID,Liu JunORCID,Liu KuoORCID,Liuzzo ElisabettaORCID,Lo Wen-PingORCID,Lobanov Andrei P.ORCID,Loinard LaurentORCID,Lonsdale Colin J.ORCID,Lowitz Amy E.ORCID,Lu Ru-SenORCID,MacDonald Nicholas R.ORCID,Mao JirongORCID,Marchili NicolaORCID,Markoff SeraORCID,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,Montgomery JoshuaORCID,Moran James M.ORCID,Moriyama KotaroORCID,Moscibrodzka MonikaORCID,Mulaudzi WangaORCID,Müller CorneliaORCID,Müller HendrikORCID,Mus AlejandroORCID,Musoke GibwaORCID,Myserlis IoannisORCID,Nagai HiroshiORCID,Nagar Neil M.ORCID,Nakamura MasanoriORCID,Narayanan GopalORCID,Natarajan IniyanORCID,Nathanail AntoniosORCID,Fuentes Santiago Navarro,Neilsen JoeyORCID,Ni ChunchongORCID,Nowak Michael A.ORCID,Oh JunghwanORCID,Okino HirokiORCID,Olivares HéctorORCID,Oyama TomoakiORCID,Özel FeryalORCID,Palumbo Daniel C. M.ORCID,Paraschos Georgios FilipposORCID,Park JonghoORCID,Parsons HarrietORCID,Patel NimeshORCID,Pen Ue-LiORCID,Pesce Dominic W.ORCID,Piétu Vincent,PopStefanija Aleksandar,Porth OliverORCID,Prather BenORCID,Psaltis DimitriosORCID,Pu Hung-YiORCID,Ramakrishnan VenkatesshORCID,Rao RamprasadORCID,Rawlings Mark G.ORCID,Raymond Alexander W.ORCID,Rezzolla LucianoORCID,Ricarte AngeloORCID,Ripperda BartORCID,Roelofs FreekORCID,Romero-Cañizales CristinaORCID,Ros EduardoORCID,Roshanineshat ArashORCID,Rottmann Helge,Roy Alan L.ORCID,Ruiz IgnacioORCID,Ruszczyk ChetORCID,Rygl Kazi L. J.ORCID,Sánchez SalvadorORCID,Sánchez-Argüelles DavidORCID,Sánchez-Portal MiguelORCID,Sasada MahitoORCID,Satapathy KaushikORCID,Savolainen TuomasORCID,Schloerb F. Peter,Schonfeld JonathanORCID,Schuster Karl-FriedrichORCID,Shao LijingORCID,Shen ZhiqiangORCID,Small DesORCID,Sohn Bong WonORCID,SooHoo JasonORCID,Salas León David SosapantaORCID,Souccar KamalORCID,Stanway Joshua S.ORCID,Sun HeORCID,Tazaki FumieORCID,Tetarenko Alexandra J.ORCID,Tiede PaulORCID,Tilanus Remo P. J.ORCID,Titus MichaelORCID,Toma KenjiORCID,Torne PabloORCID,Toscano TeresaORCID,Traianou EfthaliaORCID,Trent Tyler,Trippe SaschaORCID,Turk MatthewORCID,van Bemmel IlseORCID,van Langevelde Huib JanORCID,van Rossum Daniel R.ORCID,Vos JesseORCID,Wagner JanORCID,Ward-Thompson DerekORCID,Wardle JohnORCID,Washington Jasmin E.ORCID,Weintroub JonathanORCID,Wharton RobertORCID,Wielgus MaciekORCID,Wiik KajORCID,Witzel GuntherORCID,Wondrak Michael F.ORCID,Wong George N.ORCID,Wu QingwenORCID,Yadlapalli NitikaORCID,Yamaguchi PaulORCID,Yfantis AristomenisORCID,Yoon DoosooORCID,Young AndréORCID,Younsi ZiriORCID,Yu WeiORCID,Yuan FengORCID,Yuan Ye-FeiORCID,Anton Zensus J.ORCID,Zhang ShuoORCID,Zhao Guang-YaoORCID,Zhao Shan-ShanORCID,Allardi Alexander,Chang Shu-Hao,Chang Chih-Cheng,Chang Song-Chu,Chen Chung-Chen,Chilson Ryan,Faber Aaron,Gale David M.,Han Chih-Chiang,Han Kuo-ChangORCID,Hasegawa YutakaORCID,Hernández-Rebollar José Luis,Huang Yau-DeORCID,Jiang HominORCID,Jinchi Hao,Kimura KimihiroORCID,Kubo DerekORCID,Li Chao-Te,Lin Lupin C.-C.ORCID,Liu Ching-Tang,Liu Kuan-Yu,Lu Li-Ming,Martin-Cocher PierreORCID,Meyer-Zhao Zheng,Montaña Alfredo,Moraghan Anthony,Moreno-Nolasco Marcos Emir,Nishioka Hiroaki,Norton Timothy J.,Nystrom George,Ogawa Hideo,Oshiro Peter,Pradel Nicolas,Principe GiacomoORCID,Raffin PhilippeORCID,Rodríguez-Montoya Iván,Shaw Paul,Snow William,Sridharan Tirupati KumaraORCID,Srinivasan Ranjani,Wei Ta-Shun,Yu Chen-Yu

Abstract

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration reported the first-ever event-horizon-scale images of a black hole, resolving the central compact radio source in the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. These images reveal a ring with a southerly brightness distribution and a diameter of ∼42 μas, consistent with the predicted size and shape of a shadow produced by the gravitationally lensed emission around a supermassive black hole. These results were obtained as part of the April 2017 EHT observation campaign, using a global very long baseline interferometric radio array operating at a wavelength of 1.3 mm. Here, we present results based on the second EHT observing campaign, taking place in April 2018 with an improved array, wider frequency coverage, and increased bandwidth. In particular, the additional baselines provided by the Greenland telescope improved the coverage of the array. Multiyear EHT observations provide independent snapshots of the horizon-scale emission, allowing us to confirm the persistence, size, and shape of the black hole shadow, and constrain the intrinsic structural variability of the accretion flow. We have confirmed the presence of an asymmetric ring structure, brighter in the southwest, with a median diameter of 43.3−3.1+1.5 μas. The diameter of the 2018 ring is remarkably consistent with the diameter obtained from the previous 2017 observations. On the other hand, the position angle of the brightness asymmetry in 2018 is shifted by about 30° relative to 2017. The perennial persistence of the ring and its diameter robustly support the interpretation that the ring is formed by lensed emission surrounding a Kerr black hole with a mass ∼6.5 × 109M. The significant change in the ring brightness asymmetry implies a spin axis that is more consistent with the position angle of the large-scale jet.

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