The Spin of a Newborn Black Hole
Paul A. Draghis,
Mayura Balakrishnan,
Jon M. Miller,
Edward Cackett,
Andrew C. Fabian,
James Miller-Jones,
Mason Ng,
John C. Raymond,
Mark Reynolds,
Abderahmen Zoghbi
Apr 18, 2023
The origin and distribution of stellar-mass black hole spins are a rare window into the progenitor stars and supernova events that create them. Swift J1728.9-3613 is an X-ray binary, likely associated with the supernova remnant...