Resolving Nearby Supermassive Black Holes with the Black Hole Explorer

arXiv:2608.16983 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-08-17 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-08-17

Updated: 2026-08-17

Comments: accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP), 17 pages, 8 figures

Journal ref: Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 138, 094102 (2026)

DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/ae9ca4

Code: https://github.com/ptiede/BHEXScripts.jl

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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