{"title":"Estimation of the Spin of a Supermassive Black Hole in Sagittarius A*","authors":"A. S. Andrianov, S. V. Chernov","doi":"10.1134/S106377292470032X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>In April 2017, the Event Horizon telescope received an image of a supermassive black hole in the Sagittarius <i>A</i>* source. This image consists of a ring-like structure that contains three areas with increased brightness (spots). If we assume that these spots are associated with flares near the event horizon of a black hole, then we can estimate its spin. Our estimate gives a value of the order of <span>\\(a \\approx 0.9\\)</span>.</p>","PeriodicalId":55440,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S106377292470032X.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Astronomy Reports","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S106377292470032X","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In April 2017, the Event Horizon telescope received an image of a supermassive black hole in the Sagittarius A* source. This image consists of a ring-like structure that contains three areas with increased brightness (spots). If we assume that these spots are associated with flares near the event horizon of a black hole, then we can estimate its spin. Our estimate gives a value of the order of \(a \approx 0.9\).
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Astronomy Reports is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes original papers on astronomical topics, including theoretical and observational astrophysics, physics of the Sun, planetary astrophysics, radio astronomy, stellar astronomy, celestial mechanics, and astronomy methods and instrumentation.