An Upper Limit on the Charge of the Black Hole Sgr A* from EHT Observations

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Ghosh, Sushant G. [1 ,2 ]
Afrin, Misba [1 ]
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[1] Jamia Millia Islamia, Ctr Theoret Phys, New Delhi 110025, India
[2] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Math Stat & Comp Sci, Astrophys & Cosmol Res Unit, Private Bag 54001, ZA-4000 Durban, South Africa
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ROTATING REGULAR METRICS; TELESCOPE RESULTS. VI; PARAMETER-ESTIMATION; SHADOW; MASS; I;
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10.3847/1538-4357/acb695
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) recently released an image of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* showing an angular shadow diameter d(sh) = 48.7 +/- 7 pas and Schwarzschild shadow deviation delta = -0.08 (+0.09) (- 0.09)(VLTI) , -0.04(- 0.10) (+ 0.09) (Keck) using a black hole mass M = 4.0(-0.6)(+1.1)*10(6) M-?. The EHT image of Sgr A* is consistent with a Kerr black hole's expected appearance, and the results directly prove the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Here, we use the EHT observational results for Sgr A* to investigate the constraints on its charge with the aid of Kerr-like black holes, paying attention to three leading rotating models, namely Kerr- Newman, Horndeski, and hairy black holes. Modeling the supermassive black hole Sgr A* as these Kerr-like black holes, we observe that the EHT results for Sgr A* place stricter upper limits on the parameter space of Kerr- Newman and Horndeski black holes than those placed by the EHT results for M87*. A systematic bias analysis reveals that observational results from future EHT experiments will place more precise limits on the charge of the black hole Sgr A*. Thus, the Kerr-like black holes and Kerr black holes are indiscernible in a substantial region of the EHT-constrained parameter space; the claim is substantiated by our bias analysis.
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