• DOI:10.1086/508457
Corpus ID: 1762307

The Spin of the Near-Extreme Kerr Black Hole GRS 1915+105

@article{Mcclintock2006TheSO,
  title={The Spin of the Near-Extreme Kerr Black Hole GRS 1915+105},
  author={J. Mcclintock and R. Shafee and R. Narayan and R. Remillard and S. Davis and L. Li},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2006},
  volume={652},
  pages={518-539}
}

J. Mcclintock, R. Shafee, +3 authors L. Li

Published 2006

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

Based on a spectral analysis of the X-ray continuum that employs a fully relativistic accretion disk model, we conclude that the compact primary of the binary X-ray source GRS 1915+105 is a rapidly rotating Kerr black hole. We find a lower limit on the dimensionless spin parameter of a* > 0.98. Our result is robust in the sense that it is independent of the details of the data analysis and insensitive to the uncertainties in the mass and distance of the black hole. Furthermore, our accretion… CONTINUE READING

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