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Should we expect lightning-like phenomena as matter enters the accretion disk of a black hole?

As matter enters the accretion disk it will rapidly turn into superheated plasma. I would expect this to coincide with lightning-like phenomena due to the electric potential difference between this ...
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Would an ionized accretion disk experience radial charge separation?

(Sorry if I'm using the wrong terms, but I've yet to find any search terms that seem related to what I'm thinking of. If I did know what to search for, I wouldn't be asking this question.) Would an ...
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