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Exploring the secondary peaks of autocorrelation in black hole flare movies

Zhenyu Zhang, Yehui Hou, Minyong Guo, Yosuke Mizuno, Bin Chen

arXiv: 2503.17200v1 (astro-ph.HE)
7+5 pages, 2+3 figures
Licence : CC BY 4.0

Résumé : The strong gravitational field of a black hole bends light, forming multi-level images, yet extracting precise spacetime information from them remains challenging. In this study, we investigate how gravitational lensing leaves unique and detectable signatures in black hole movies using autocorrelation analysis. By examining the two-dimensional autocorrelation of a movie depicting a hotspot orbiting a Kerr black hole, as viewed by a near-axis observer, we identify a persistent secondary peak structure induced by gravitational lensing. Notably, these secondary peaks converge to a fixed point in the time-lag domain, largely independent of the hotspot's orbital radius. This key property suggests that combining future black hole flare observations with advanced autocorrelation analysis could effectively disentangle lensing effects from orbital dynamics, enabling direct measurement of black hole parameters. Our findings establish autocorrelation as a powerful tool for probing spacetime geometry, offering new insights into gravitational physics through time-resolved black hole images.

Soumis à arXiv le 21 Mar. 2025