Measuring the Angular Momentum of Supermassive Black Holes

• Main Author: Brenneman, Laura. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7771-6

Measuring the spin distribution of supermassive black holes is of critical importance for understanding how these black holes and their host galaxies form and evolve over time, yet this type of study is only in its infancy.� This brief describes how astronomers measure spin in supermassive black hol...

Table of Contents:

• I. Introduction on importance of black hole spin
• II. Description of spectroscopic techniques used to measure spin in AGN
• III. Review of current spin measurements
• IV. Implications for the growth of black holes and their host galaxies
• V. Future Directions.