[Interview] Black Holes Spin. Now, How Can We Measure That?

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Black holes are defined by only three parameters: mass, charge and spin. We know that black holes spin. But how can we measure that? What tools and methods are at our disposal? Answering these questions with Dr Ruth Daly, Professor of Physics at Penn State University.

📃 New Black Hole Spin Values for Sagittarius A* Obtained with the Outflow Method
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.12108

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00:00 Intro
01:11 Black Holes' mass
06:22 Jets from Quasars
09:00 Being near a black hole
10:35 Measuring the Sgr A
18:56 Spinning black holes
26:41 Orientation of Sag A
29:02 Energy of black holes
32:33 Final thoughts

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