We present the results of one and three-dimensional radiative transfer calculations of polarized spectra emerging from snapshots of radiation magnetohydrodynamical simulations of the local vertical structure of black hole accretion disks. The simulations cover a wide range of physical regimes relevant for the high/soft state of black hole X-ray binaries. We constrain the uncertainties in theoretical spectral color correction factors due to the presence of magnetic support of the disk surface layers and strong density inhomogeneities. For the radiation dominated simulation, magnetic support increases the color correction factor by about ten percent, but this is largely compensated by a ten percent softening due to inhomogeneities. We also compute the effects of inhomogeneities and Faraday rotation on the resulting polarization. Magnetic fields in the simulations are just strong enough to produce significant Faraday depolarization near the spectral peak of the radiation field. X-ray polarimetry may therefore be a valuable diagnostic of accretion disk magnetic fields, being able to directly test simulations of magnetorotational turbulence.
Polarization properties of thermal accretion disk emission. I. Direct radiation
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali(意大利国家天体物理研究所);Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova(帕多瓦大学物理与天文系);Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences(捷克科学院天文研究所);Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre(罗马第三大学数学与物理系);Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, UMR 7550(斯特拉斯堡大学、法国国家科学研究中心、斯特拉斯堡天文台)
Unchanged X-Ray Polarization During Accretion Dips in the Low Hard State of Cygnus X-1
Guangxi University(广西大学);INAF Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali(意大利国家天体物理研究所空间天体物理学和行星科学研究所);Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院高能物理研究所)
Polarization Signatures from GRMHD Simulations of Black Hole Accretion
College of Charleston(查尔斯顿学院);Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute(纽约市立大学富兰克林研究所计算天体物理学中心);Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC(安达卢西亚天体物理研究所-西班牙国家研究委员会);Research Centre for Computational Physics and Data Processing, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava(奥帕瓦西里西亚大学物理学院计算物理与数据处理研究中心);Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University(哈佛大学黑洞倡议项目)
Strong Polarization Signatures from Magnetically Stabilized Luminous Thin Accretion Disks
College of Charleston(查尔斯顿学院);Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute(平顿研究所计算天体物理中心);Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室);University of California, Merced(加州大学默塞德分校);St. Paul’s School(圣保罗学校)
The Cygnus X-1 Puzzle: Implications of X-ray Polarization Measurements in the Soft and Hard States on the Properties of the Accretion Flow and the Emission Mechanisms
本文总结了 Cyg X-1 吸积流的关键观测约束,提出以约半光速远离吸积盘运动的正电子对层模型,解释了软硬态下的 X 射线高线性偏振及幂律辐射机制,并强调硬态几何结构仍受等离子体过程强烈影响。
Polarization Images of Neutron Stars Illuminated by a Thin Accretion Disk: A Comparison with Black Holes
Sichuan Minzu College(四川民族学院);China West Normal University(西华师范大学);Chongqing Jiaotong University(重庆交通大学);Chongqing Bashu Science City Secondary School(重庆巴蜀科学城中学)
Beaming of polarized radiation in subcritical X-ray pulsars
Ioffe Institute(约费研究所);Space Research Institute RAS(俄罗斯科学院空间研究所);Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London(伦敦大学学院穆拉德空间科学实验室);University of Oxford(牛津大学)
Shadows and Polarization Images of a Four-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet Black Hole Irradiated by a Thick Accretion Disk
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University(重庆师范大学物理与电子工程学院);School of Material Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University(重庆交通大学材料科学与工程学院);Department of Mathematics, School of Science, University of Management and Technology(管理技术大学理学院数学系);Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus(科摩特斯伊斯兰堡大学拉合尔校区数学系)
From Morphology to Variability: Radiative Cooling Effects on Horizon-Scale Polarization in Two-Temperature GRMHD Simulations
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London(伦敦大学学院穆拉德空间科学实验室);Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学李政道研究所);School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学物理与天文学院);Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt(法兰克福歌德大学理论物理研究所)
X-Ray Polarization from the Atoll 4U 1735-44 Suggests a Low Inclination
University of Turku(图尔库大学);Nordic Optical Telescope(北欧光学望远镜);NASA Marshall Space Flight Center(美国宇航局马歇尔太空飞行中心);Università degli Studi Roma Tre(罗马第三大学);INAF Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali(意大利国家天体物理研究所空间天体物理学和行星科学研究所)
Vacuum polarization and cyclotron resonance effects on radiative transfer and plasma deceleration in subcritical X-ray pulsars
Ioffe Institute(伊俄费研究所);Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London(穆拉德空间科学实验室,伦敦大学学院);Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford(天体物理学,物理系,牛津大学)