Fig. 4.

Left: evolution of the maximum of |σ − σo| as a function of time normalized by the corotation time for four different spins, showing how an increased spin causes a higher saturation (it is a logscale in y and the saturation varies by more than a factor of two). The cases represented here are, from right to left, blue circle a = 0.995 at rc = 2.7rg, purple square a = 0.98 and rc = 3.24rg, black diamond a = 0.9 with rc = 4.65rg and green triangle a = 0.5 at rc = 8.5rg. Right: saturation levels reached by RWI in our simulation sample with corotation radius and spin parameter ranging from rc = 14rg to rc = 2.7rg and from a = 0 to a = 0.995. All simulations have the same set of parameters regarding the unstable zone, namely the same ε and δ. It clearly appears that the saturation level increases as the corotation radius is decreasing meaning that higher spin will lead to the RWI occurring nearer to the black hole, which then leads to enhanced saturation levels in the instability.
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