Oral Presentation

ALMA Polarimetry of Sagittarius A* and Other Low Luminosity AGN: Probing the Accretion Flow on Scales from 1 to 1000 Schwarzschild Radii

Author(s): Geoffrey Bower

Presenter: Geoffrey Bower (ASIAA)

Linear polarization that is generated close to the black hole in LLAGN must propagate through a dense, magnetized accretion flow. The observed Faraday rotation is a strong constraint on the integrated accretion flow properties as has been demonstrated on Sgr A*, M87, 3C 84, and other sources. We present here Cycle 2 ALMA polarimetric observations of Sgr A* along with observations of other LLAGN with the SMA.