Nature

, volume 621 , issue 7980 , pages 711-715

Precessing jet nozzle connecting to a spinning black hole in M87

Yuzhu Cui ^{1, 2, 3, 4}

Kazuhiro Hada ^{3, 4}

Tomohisa Kawashima ⁵

Masaya KINO ^{4, 6}

Weikang Lin ⁷

Y. Mizuno ^{2, 8, 9}

Hyunwook Ro ^{10, 11}

MAREKI HONMA ^{4, 12}

Kunwoo Yi ¹³

Jintao Yu ¹⁴

Jongho Park ^{10, 15}

Jiang Wu ^{16, 17}

Z.-Q. Shen ^{16, 17}

Juan Carlos Algaba ¹⁸

Xiaopeng Cheng ¹⁰

I. Cho ^{10, 19}

Gabriele Giovannini ^{20, 21}

F. Giordano ²¹

Taehyun Jung ^{10, 22}

Ru-Sen Lu ^{16, 17, 23}

Kotaro Niinuma ^{24, 25}

JUNGHWAN OH ²⁶

Ken Ohsuga ²⁷

Satoko Sawada‐Satoh ²⁸

BONG WON SOHN ^{10, 11, 22}

Hiroyuki R. Takahashi ²⁹

Mieko Takamura ^{4, 12}

Fumie Tazaki ³⁰

SASCHA TRIPPE ^{13, 31}

Kiyoaki Wajima ^{10, 22}

K. Akiyama ^{32, 33, 34}

Tao An ¹⁶

Keiichi Asada ¹⁵

S T Buttaccio ²¹

Doyoung Byun ^{10, 22}

Lang Cui ^{17, 35}

Yoshiaki Hagiwara ³⁶

Tomoya Hirota ^{3, 4}

Jeffrey Hodgson ³⁷

Noriyuki Kawaguchi ⁴

Jae-Young Kim ^{23, 38}

SANG-SUNG LEE ^{10, 22}

Jee Won Lee ¹⁰

Jeong Ae Lee ¹⁰

G. Maccaferri ²¹

A. Melis ³⁹

A. Melnikov ⁴⁰

Carlo Migoni ³⁹

Se-Jin Oh ¹⁰

Koichiro Sugiyama ⁴¹

Xuezheng Wang ¹⁶

Yingkang Zhang ¹⁶

Zhong Chen ^{16, 17}

Ju-Yeon Hwang ¹⁰

Dong-Kyu Jung ¹⁰

Hyo-Ryoung Kim ¹⁰

J. Kim ^{10, 42}

Hideyuki KOBAYASHI ³

Bin Li ^{16, 17}

Guanghui Li ³⁵

Xiaofei Li ³⁵

Zhiyong Liu ³⁵

Qinghui Liu ^{16, 17}

Xiang Liu ³⁵

Chung-Sik Oh ¹⁰

Tomoaki Oyama ⁴

Duk-Gyoo Roh ¹⁰

Jinqing Wang ^{16, 17}

N. Wang ^{17, 35}

SHIQIANG WANG ³⁵

Bo Xia ¹⁶

Hao Yan ³⁵

Jae-Hwan Yeom ¹⁰

Yoshinori Yonekura ⁴³

Jianping Yuan ³⁵

Hua Zhang ³⁵

Rongbing Zhao ^{16, 17}

Weiye Zhong ^{16, 17}

Hide authors affiliations Show authors affiliations: 43 affiliations

Research Center for Intelligent Computing Platforms, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, China |

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |

Astronomical Science Program, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mitaka, Japan |

⁴

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Oshu, Japan |

⁵

Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan |

⁶

Kogakuin University of Technology & Engineering, Academic Support Center, Hachioji, Japan |

⁷

South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research, Yunnan University, Kunming, China |

⁸

School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |

⁹

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany |

¹⁰

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea |

¹¹

Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seodaemun-gu, Republic of Korea |

¹²

Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan |

¹³

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Republic of Korea |

¹⁴

Department of Intelligence, Air Force Early Warning Academy, Wuhan, China |

¹⁵

Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Hilo, USA |

¹⁶

Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China |

¹⁷

Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |

¹⁸

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |

¹⁹

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC, Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, Granada, Spain |

²⁰

DIFA Bologna University, Bologna, Italy |

²¹

INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy |

²²

University of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Republic of Korea |

²³

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany |

²⁴

Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan |

²⁵

The Research Institute for Time Studies, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan |

²⁶

Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands |

²⁷

Center for computational sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan |

²⁸

Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Japan |

²⁹

Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Komazawa University, Setagaya, Japan |

³⁰

Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions Limited, Oshu City, Japan |

³¹

SNU Astronomy Research Center, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Republic of Korea |

³²

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, USA |

³³

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Haystack Observatory, Westford, USA |

³⁴

Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |

³⁵

XinJiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China |

³⁶

Toyo University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan |

³⁷

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University, Gwangjin-gu, Republic of Korea |

³⁸

Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea |

³⁹

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy

National Institute for Astrophysics

Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari

⁴⁰

Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia |

⁴¹

National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Public Organization), Chiangmai, Thailand |

⁴²

National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |

⁴³

Center for Astronomy, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-09-27

Springer Nature

Nature

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR: 18.288

CiteScore: 78.1

Impact factor: 48.5

ISSN: 00280836, 14764687

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06479-6

Copy DOI

PubMed ID: 37758892

Multidisciplinary

Abstract

The nearby radio galaxy M87 offers a unique opportunity to explore the connections between the central supermassive black hole and relativistic jets. Previous studies of the inner region of M87 revealed a wide opening angle for the jet originating near the black hole1–4. The Event Horizon Telescope resolved the central radio source and found an asymmetric ring structure consistent with expectations from general relativity5. With a baseline of 17 years of observations, there was a shift in the jet’s transverse position, possibly arising from an 8- to 10-year quasi-periodicity3. However, the origin of this sideways shift remains unclear. Here we report an analysis of radio observations over 22 years that suggests a period of about 11 years for the variation in the position angle of the jet. We infer that we are seeing a spinning black hole that induces the Lense–Thirring precession of a misaligned accretion disk. Similar jet precession may commonly occur in other active galactic nuclei but has been challenging to detect owing to the small magnitude and long period of the variation. This study analyses radio observations of the jet in galaxy M87, from which the existence of a spinning black hole that induces Lense–Thirring precession of a misaligned accretion disk is inferred.

Found

3 citations

Lisakov Mikhail

PhD in Physics and Mathematics

99 publications, 5 241 citations

h-index: 26

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Research interests

Active Galactic Nuclei

Top-30

Journals

	5 10 15 20
Astrophysical Journal	Astrophysical Journal, 20, 23.53% Astrophysical Journal 20 publications, 23.53%
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12, 14.12% Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 publications, 14.12%
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 10, 11.76% Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 10 publications, 11.76%
Astrophysical Journal Letters	Astrophysical Journal Letters, 5, 5.88% Astrophysical Journal Letters 5 publications, 5.88%
Physical Review D	Physical Review D, 5, 5.88% Physical Review D 5 publications, 5.88%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4, 4.71% Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 4 publications, 4.71%
Physics of the Dark Universe	Physics of the Dark Universe, 4, 4.71% Physics of the Dark Universe 4 publications, 4.71%
European Physical Journal C	European Physical Journal C, 3, 3.53% European Physical Journal C 3 publications, 3.53%
European Physical Journal Plus	European Physical Journal Plus, 2, 2.35% European Physical Journal Plus 2 publications, 2.35%
Astronomy Reports	Astronomy Reports, 1, 1.18% Astronomy Reports 1 publication, 1.18%
Physical Review A	Physical Review A, 1, 1.18% Physical Review A 1 publication, 1.18%
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 1, 1.18% Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 1 publication, 1.18%
Symmetry	Symmetry, 1, 1.18% Symmetry 1 publication, 1.18%
Scientific Reports	Scientific Reports, 1, 1.18% Scientific Reports 1 publication, 1.18%
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1, 1.18% Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 publication, 1.18%
Astronomy and Astrophysics Review	Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 1, 1.18% Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 1 publication, 1.18%
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 1, 1.18% Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 1 publication, 1.18%
Nuclear Physics B	Nuclear Physics B, 1, 1.18% Nuclear Physics B 1 publication, 1.18%
Nature Astronomy	Nature Astronomy, 1, 1.18% Nature Astronomy 1 publication, 1.18%
Physics of Particles and Nuclei	Physics of Particles and Nuclei, 1, 1.18% Physics of Particles and Nuclei 1 publication, 1.18%
Modern Physics Letters A	Modern Physics Letters A, 1, 1.18% Modern Physics Letters A 1 publication, 1.18%
Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way	Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way, 1, 1.18% Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way 1 publication, 1.18%
Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters	Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters, 1, 1.18% Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters 1 publication, 1.18%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 1, 1.18% Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 1 publication, 1.18%
Indian Journal of Physics	Indian Journal of Physics, 1, 1.18% Indian Journal of Physics 1 publication, 1.18%
Galaxies	Galaxies, 1, 1.18% Galaxies 1 publication, 1.18%
Moscow University Physics Bulletin (English Translation of Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Fizika)	Moscow University Physics Bulletin (English Translation of Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Fizika), 1, 1.18% Moscow University Physics Bulletin (English Translation of Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Fizika) 1 publication, 1.18%
Science advances	Science advances, 1, 1.18% Science advances 1 publication, 1.18%
	5 10 15 20

Publishers

	5 10 15 20 25
American Astronomical Society	American Astronomical Society, 25, 29.41% American Astronomical Society 25 publications, 29.41%
EDP Sciences	EDP Sciences, 12, 14.12% EDP Sciences 12 publications, 14.12%
IOP Publishing	IOP Publishing, 11, 12.94% IOP Publishing 11 publications, 12.94%
Springer Nature	Springer Nature, 10, 11.76% Springer Nature 10 publications, 11.76%
American Physical Society (APS)	American Physical Society (APS), 6, 7.06% American Physical Society (APS) 6 publications, 7.06%
Elsevier	Elsevier, 6, 7.06% Elsevier 6 publications, 7.06%
Oxford University Press	Oxford University Press, 5, 5.88% Oxford University Press 5 publications, 5.88%
Pleiades Publishing	Pleiades Publishing, 4, 4.71% Pleiades Publishing 4 publications, 4.71%
MDPI	MDPI, 2, 2.35% MDPI 2 publications, 2.35%
Frontiers Media S.A.	Frontiers Media S.A., 1, 1.18% Frontiers Media S.A. 1 publication, 1.18%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1, 1.18% Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 1 publication, 1.18%
World Scientific	World Scientific, 1, 1.18% World Scientific 1 publication, 1.18%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1, 1.18% American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1 publication, 1.18%
	5 10 15 20 25

We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
Statistics recalculated weekly.

Are you a researcher?

Create a profile to get free access to personal recommendations for colleagues and new articles.

Metrics

Cite this

GOST |

Cite this

GOST Copy

Cui Y. et al. Precessing jet nozzle connecting to a spinning black hole in M87 // Nature. 2023. Vol. 621. No. 7980. pp. 711-715.

GOST all authors (up to 50) Copy

Cui Y. et al. Precessing jet nozzle connecting to a spinning black hole in M87 // Nature. 2023. Vol. 621. No. 7980. pp. 711-715.

RIS |

Cite this

RIS

BibTex |

Cite this

BibTex (up to 50 authors) Copy

@article{2023_Cui,

author = {Yuzhu Cui and Kazuhiro Hada and Tomohisa Kawashima and Masaya KINO and Weikang Lin and Y. Mizuno and Hyunwook Ro and MAREKI HONMA and Kunwoo Yi and Jintao Yu and Jongho Park and Jiang Wu and Z.-Q. Shen and Juan Carlos Algaba and Xiaopeng Cheng and I. Cho and Gabriele Giovannini and F. Giordano and Taehyun Jung and Ru-Sen Lu and Kotaro Niinuma and JUNGHWAN OH and Ken Ohsuga and Satoko Sawada‐Satoh and BONG WON SOHN and Hiroyuki R. Takahashi and Mieko Takamura and Fumie Tazaki and SASCHA TRIPPE and Kiyoaki Wajima and K. Akiyama and Tao An and Keiichi Asada and S T Buttaccio and Doyoung Byun and Lang Cui and Yoshiaki Hagiwara and Tomoya Hirota and Jeffrey Hodgson and Noriyuki Kawaguchi and Jae-Young Kim and SANG-SUNG LEE and Jee Won Lee and Jeong Ae Lee and G. Maccaferri and A. Melis and A. Melnikov and Carlo Migoni and Se-Jin Oh and Koichiro Sugiyama and others},

title = {Precessing jet nozzle connecting to a spinning black hole in M87},

journal = {Nature},

year = {2023},

volume = {621},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {sep},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06479-6},

number = {7980},

pages = {711--715},

doi = {10.1038/s41586-023-06479-6}

}

MLA

Cite this

MLA Copy

Cui, Yuzhu, et al. “Precessing jet nozzle connecting to a spinning black hole in M87.” Nature, vol. 621, no. 7980, Sep. 2023, pp. 711-715. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06479-6.

Publisher

Springer Nature

Journal

Nature

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR

18.288

CiteScore

78.1

Impact factor

48.5

ISSN

00280836 (Print)

14764687 (Electronic)

Profiles