Estimation of the spin of a supermassive black hole in Sagittarius A*
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 ≈ 0.9.
Authors
- С. В. Чернов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6514-3737)
- A. S. Andrianov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-1727)
Institutions
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Астрономический журнал
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31857/s0004629924030017
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00