Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion

ID: radiative-efficiency-of-black-hole-accretion

Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The radiative efficiency is . For a zero-torque thin disk it is , the binding energy per unit rest mass released before matter crosses the innermost stable circular orbit.

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