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2020ApJ...901L..32F - Astrophys. J., 901, L32-L32 (2020/October-1)

An upper limit on the spin of SgrA* based on stellar orbits in its vicinity.

FRAGIONE G. and LOEB A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The spin of the massive black hole (BH) at the center of the Milky Way, SgrA*, has been poorly constrained so far. We place an upper limit on the spin of SgrA* based on the spatial distribution of the S-stars, which are arranged in two almost edge-on disks that are located at a position angle of approximately ±45° with respect to the Galactic plane, on a milliparsec scale around the Galactic center. Requiring that the frame-dragging precession has not had enough time to make the S-star orbital angular momentum precess, the spin of the massive BH at the center of the Milky Way can be constrained to χ <= 0.1.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Astrophysical black holes - black hole physics - Kerr black holes - Supermassive black holes - Galactic center - S stars

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