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Cygnus X-1 Extreme Spin

China · Science / Astrophysics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2011

Lijun Gou2011

Science / Astrophysics

Uses X-ray continuum fitting to infer that the Cygnus X-1 black hole rotates with a near-extreme dimensionless spin.

Names involved

Lijun Gou

Provenance

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