First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole — mentioned by wumpus

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:01:54 GMT

> Black holes themselves are, obviously, impossible to image. What we observe is the "shadow" of the black hole. The expectation is that the flux from the shadow should be consistent with zero. For M87* the observed flux ratio with the ring was ~10:1. See Paper 1: First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11238

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First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole — mentioned by wumpus