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How do accretion disks around black holes evaporate via winds?
I'm curious as to how accretion disks around black holes evaporate. I've heard winds play a crucial role in this. But what winds specifically and how do they form? Is it a stellar wind of sorts? If so ...
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Causes of emission of accretion disk
As far as I can see, there are two main sources for the emission of energy from an accretion disk:
release of gravitational potential energy of the infalling matter;
friction from differential ...
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Accretion discs emitting jets [duplicate]
When there are accretion discs jets of particles or radiations will be emitted in the direction parallel to the rotational axis.
My beginner level astronomy textbook just says that it is due to ...