Bright ring features and polarization structures in Kerr-Sen black hole images illuminated by radiatively inefficient accretion flows

We have investigated the bright ring-like features and polarization structures in the Kerr-Sen black hole's images based on general relativistic radiative transfer (GRRT) simulations, which are illuminated by the 230 GHz thermal synchrotron emission from the radiatively inefficient accretion flows (RIAF). Using the REx method, we extracted the bright ring from the black hole images and found that both the bright ring and black hole shadow shrink as the dilation parameter increases. Combing with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observational data of SgrA*, we present the allowed ranges of black hole parameters for different observed inclinations and disk thicknesses. Our results show that effects of the disk thickness on the allowed parameter space are more strong than those of the observed inclination. We also probe the rotational symmetry of EVPA in the polarization structure of the black hole images by analyzing the coefficient β₂. The dilaton parameter results in that the real part Reβ₂ increases and the imaginary part Imβ₂ decreases, but the magnitude |β₂| generally exhibits a declining trend. Finally, we find that effects of the disk thickness on β₂ are much weaker than those from the dilaton parameter.