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Table N.1.

THEMIS xs-ringauss model parameters and priors.

Parameter Description Units Priora
I0 + I1 Flux Density of Crescent and Fixed Gaussian Jy 𝒰(0, 2)
Rout Outer Radius of Crescent μas 𝒰(0, 100)
ϕX Position Angle rad 𝒰(−π, π)
ψ Fractional Thickness ... 𝒰(0.0001, 0.9999)
τ Structural Asymmetry ... 𝒰(0.0001, 0.9999)
fX Flux Asymmetry ... 𝒰(0, 1)
σ* Width of Gaussian Smoothing Kernel μas 𝒰(0, 100)
If Flux Density of Central Gaussian Emission Floor Jy 𝒰(0, 2)
σf Width of Central Gaussian Emission Floor μas 𝒰(0, 25)
IG Flux Density of Large-Scale Gaussian Jy 𝒰(0, 10)
σG Width of Large-Scale Gaussian mas 10(−2, 10)
I1/I0 Ratio of Fixed Gaussian Flux Density to Crescent Flux Density ... 𝒰(0, 1)
σx/Rout Ratio of Fixed Gaussian Width to Outer Radius of Crescent ... 𝒰(0, 3)
σy/σx Axis Ratio of Fixed Gaussian ... 𝒰(0, 100)

Ig Flux Density of Additional Gaussian Component Jy 𝒰(0, 2)
x0 Central x-coordinate of Additional Gaussian μas 𝒰(−200, 200)
y0 Central y-coordinate of Additional Gaussian μas 𝒰(−200, 200)
σg Width of Additional Gaussian μas 𝒰(0, 100)
Ag Anisotropy of Additional Gaussian ... 𝒰(0, 0.99)
ϕg Position Angle of Additional Gaussian rad 𝒰(0, π)

a Logarithmic priors in base x spanning a range xa to xb are represented by ℒx(a, b), and uniform (linear) priors spanning a to b are represented by 𝒰(a, b).

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