Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-02-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Scientific paper
The specific angular momentum of a Kerr black hole must not be larger than its mass. The observational confirmation of this bound which we call a Kerr bound directly suggests the existence of a black hole. In order to investigate observational testability of this bound by using the X-ray energy spectrum of black hole candidates, we calculate energy spectra for a super-spinning object (or a naked singularity) which is described by a Kerr metric but whose specific angular momentum is larger than its mass, and then compare the spectra of this object with those of a black hole. We assume an optically thick and geometrically thin disc around the super-spinning object and calculate its thermal energy spectrum seen by a distant observer by solving general relativistic radiative transfer equations including usual special and general relativistic effects such as Doppler boosting, gravitational redshift, light bending and frame-dragging. Surprisingly, for a given black hole, we can always find its super-spinning counterpart with its spin $a_*$ in the range $5/3
Harada Tomohiro
Takahashi Rohta
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