Polarized image of an equatorial emitting ring around a 4D Gauss–Bonnet black hole

Xin Qin; Songbai Chen; Jiliang Jing

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10753-8

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Particles and Fields

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Eur. Phys. J. C (2022) 82: 784
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10753-8

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Polarized image of an equatorial emitting ring around a 4D Gauss–Bonnet black hole

Xin Qin¹, Songbai Chen¹^,2^b and Jiliang Jing¹^,2

¹ Department of Physics, Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Applications, Hunan Normal University, 410081, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
² Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, 225009, Yangzhou, People’s Republic of China

^b csb3752@hunnu.edu.cn

Received: 29 November 2021
Accepted: 24 August 2022
Published online: 3 September 2022

Abstract

We have studied the polarized image of an equatorial emitting ring around a 4D Gauss–Bonnet black hole. Our results show that the effects of Gauss–Bonnet parameter on the polarized image depend on the magnetic field configuration, the observation inclination angle, and the fluid velocity. As the magnetic field lies in the equatorial plane, the observed polarization intensity increases monotonously with Gauss–Bonnet parameter in the low inclination angle case, and its monotonicity disappears in the case with high inclination angle. However, as the magnetic field is vertical to the equatorial plane, the polarization intensity is a monotonously increasing function of Gauss–Bonnet parameter in the high inclination angle case. The changes of the electric vector position angle with Gauss–Bonnet parameter in both cases are more complicated. We also probe the effects of Gauss–Bonnet parameter on the Strokes Q–U loops.

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