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Dependence of linear polarization of radiation in accretion disks on the spin of central black hole

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arxiv 1011.2073 v1 pith:SY5EQZ3U submitted 2010-11-09 astro-ph.HE astro-ph.SR

Dependence of linear polarization of radiation in accretion disks on the spin of central black hole

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keywords holepolarizationblackkerrradiationaccretioncentraleffect
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We suppose that linear optical polarization is due to multiple scattering in optically thick magnetized accretion disk around central black hole. The polarization degree is very sensitive to the spin of black hole - for Kerr rotating hole the polarization is higher than for Schwarzschild non-rotating one if both holes have the same luminosities and masses. The reason of this effect is that the radius of the first stable orbit for non-rotating hole is equal to three gravitational radiuses, and for fast rotating Kerr hole is approximately 6 times lesser. Magnetic field, decreasing from first stable orbits, is much larger in the region of escaping of optical radiation for the case of Schwarzschild hole than for Kerr one. Large magnetic field gives rise to large depolarization of radiation due to Faraday rotation effect. This explains the mentioned result. It seems that the ensemble of objects with observed polarization mostly consists of Kerr black holes.

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