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Table 1

BH spin terminal values.

Capture function: C C C C1 C2 -
model: A T V A A NR

thin disk 0.9978 0.9978 0.9978 0.9981 0.9978  → 1

α = 0.01  = 0.01 0.9966 0.9966 0.9966 0.9975 0.9966  → 1
 = 0.1 0.9967 0.9967 0.9967  → 1 0.9967  → 1
 = 1 0.9988 0.9988 0.9988  → 1 0.9988 0.9998
 = 10 0.9994 0.9994 0.9994  → 1 0.9994 0.9996
 = 100 0.9995 0.9995 0.9995  → 1 0.9995 0.9995

α = 0.1  = 0.01 0.9966 0.9966 0.9966 0.9975 0.9966  → 1
 = 0.1 0.9975 0.9975 0.9975  → 1 0.9975  → 1
 = 1 0.9924 0.9924 0.9923  → 1 0.9927 0.9948
 = 10 0.9846 0.9846 0.9845 0.9901 0.9847 0.9951
 = 100 0.9800 0.9800 0.9800 0.9803 0.9800 0.9801

Notes. C – Thorne’s capture function, C1 – all returning photons advected onto the BH, C2 – all returning photons neglected; A – our fiducial model, T – emission from the equatorial plane, V – zero radial velocity, NR – pure accretion, radiation neglected.

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