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On the origin of black hole spin in high-mass black hole binaries: Cygnus X-1

Axelsson, Magnus LU ; Church, Ross LU orcid ; Davies, Melvyn B LU ; Levan, Andrew J. and Ryde, Felix (2011) In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(4). p.2260-2264
Abstract
To date, there have been several detections of high-mass black hole binaries in both the Milky Way and other galaxies. For some of these, the spin parameter of the black hole has been estimated. As many of these systems are quite tight, a suggested origin of the spin is angular momentum imparted by the synchronous rotation of the black hole progenitor with its binary companion. Using Cygnus X-1, the best studied high-mass black hole binary, we investigate this possibility. We find that such an origin of the spin is not likely, and our results point rather to the spin being the result of processes during the collapse.
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black hole physics, binaries: close, X-rays: binaries, X-rays:, individual: Cygnus X-1
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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412
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4
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2260 - 2264
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Oxford University Press
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1365-2966
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10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18050.x
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English
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  author       = {{Axelsson, Magnus and Church, Ross and Davies, Melvyn B and Levan, Andrew J. and Ryde, Felix}},
  issn         = {{1365-2966}},
  keywords     = {{black hole physics; binaries: close; X-rays: binaries; X-rays:; individual: Cygnus X-1}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{2260--2264}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}},
  title        = {{On the origin of black hole spin in high-mass black hole binaries: Cygnus X-1}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18050.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18050.x}},
  volume       = {{412}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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