Fig. 2.

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Left panel: luminosity ratio R as a function of the BH spin for different torus aperture angles (θT = 30° −45° −60°) and for θv = 30° (no solution is shown for θT < θv). The dashed black line is the KERRBB limit (θv = θT = 0°). In the SS case, the ratios (not shown for clarity) are R = 0.43 − 0.29 − 0.14 for θT = 30° −45° −60°, respectively (see right panel). The small plot is a zoom onto the a > 0.7 region. Right panel: luminosity ratio R as a function of the torus aperture angle θT, for different spin values (a = −1, 0.9, 0.9982) and viewing angles (θv = 0° −30°). The a = 0 case is similar to the one with a = −1. All solutions lie between the two extreme spin curves (a = −1, 0.9982). For comparison, the red curves represent the SS results. In both plots, the curves are calculated using Eq. (2).
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