The Black Hole Explorer: Motivation and Vision
Johnson, Michael D. et al.-- Full list of authors: Johnson, Michael D.; Akiyama, Kazunori; Baturin, Rebecca; Bilyeu, Bryan; Blackburn, Lindy; Boroson, Don; Cárdenas-Avendaño, Alejandro; Chael, Andrew; Chan, Chi-kwan; Chang, Dominic; Cheimets, Peter; Chou, Cathy; Doeleman, Sheperd S.; Farah, Joseph;...
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The Black Hole Explorer: Motivation and VisionJohnson, Michael D.Gómez Fernández, José L.Black HolesAGNPhoton RingVLBI, EHTJet LaunchingJohnson, Michael D. et al.-- Full list of authors: Johnson, Michael D.; Akiyama, Kazunori; Baturin, Rebecca; Bilyeu, Bryan; Blackburn, Lindy; Boroson, Don; Cárdenas-Avendaño, Alejandro; Chael, Andrew; Chan, Chi-kwan; Chang, Dominic; Cheimets, Peter; Chou, Cathy; Doeleman, Sheperd S.; Farah, Joseph; Galison, Peter; Gamble, Ronald; Gammie, Charles F.; Gelles, Zachary; Gómez, José L.; Gralla, Samuel E.; Grimes, Paul; Gurvits, Leonid I.; Hadar, Shahar; Haworth, Kari; Hada, Kazuhiro; Hecht, Michael H.; Honma, Mareki; Houston, Janice; Hudson, Ben; Issaoun, Sara; Jia, He; Jorstad, Svetlana; Kauffman, Jens; Kovalev, Yuri Y.; Kurczynski, Peter; Lafon, Robert E.; Lupsasca, Alexandru; Lehmensiek, Robert; Ma, Chung-Pei; Marrone, Daniel P.; Marscher, Alan P.; Melnick, Gary; Narayan, Ramesh; Niinuma, Kotaro; Noble, Scott C.; Palmer, Eric J.; Palumbo, Daniel C. M.; Paritsky, Lenny; Peretz, Eliad; Pesce, Dominic; Plavin, Alexander; Quataert, Eliot; Rana, Hannah; Ricarte, Angelo; Roelofs, Freek; Shtyrkova, Katia; Sinclair, Laura C.; Small, Jeffrey; Kumara, Sridharan Tirupati; Srinivasan, Ranjani; Strominger, Andrew; Tiede, Paul; Tong, Edward; Wang, Jade; Weintroub, Jonathan; Wielgus, Maciek; Wong, George.-- Part of the Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Volume 13092 Article number 130922D Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave 2024 Yokohama 16 June 2024 through 22 June 2024 Code 202757We present the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX), a mission that will produce the sharpest images in the history of astronomy by extending submillimeter Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to space. BHEX will discover and measure the bright and narrow "photon ring" that is predicted to exist in images of black holes, produced from light that has orbited the black hole before escaping. This discovery will expose universal features of a black hole's spacetime that are distinct from the complex astrophysics of the emitting plasma, allowing the first direct measurements of a supermassive black hole's spin. In addition to studying the properties of the nearby supermassive black holes M87∗ and Sgr A∗ , BHEX will measure the properties of dozens of additional supermassive black holes, providing crucial insights into the processes that drive their creation and growth. BHEX will also connect these supermassive black holes to their relativistic jets, elucidating the power source for the brightest and most efficient engines in the universe. BHEX will address fundamental open questions in the physics and astrophysics of black holes that cannot be answered without submillimeter space VLBI. The mission is enabled by recent technological breakthroughs, including the development of ultra-high-speed downlink using laser communications, and it leverages billions of dollars of existing ground infrastructure. We present the motivation for BHEX, its science goals and associated requirements, and the pathway to launch within the next decade. © 2024 SPIETechnical and concept studies for BHEX have been supported by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, by the Internal Research and Development (IRAD) program at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, by the University of Arizona, and by the ULVAC-Hayashi Seed Fund from the MIT-Japan Program at MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). We acknowledge financial support from the Brinson Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF-10423), the National Science Foundation (AST-2307887, AST2307888, AST-2107681, AST-1935980, and AST-2034306), the Simons Foundation (MP-SCMPS-00001470), the European Research Council (the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, grant No 101018682), and the Israel Science Foundation (grant #2047/23). This project/publication is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Grant #8273.01). It was also made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #62286). The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of these Foundations. BHEX is funded in part by generous support from Mr. Michael Tuteur and Amy Tuteur, MD. BHEX is supported by initial funding from Fred Ehrsam.Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation EngineersNASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterBrinson FoundationGordon and Betty Moore FoundationNational Science Foundation (US)Simons FoundationEuropean Research CouncilJohn Templeton FoundationConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/otherhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/374546reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101018682Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3745462026-05-22T06:33:51Z |
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