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Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion
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Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion
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2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
The radiative efficiency is
η
=
L
/
(
M
˙
c
2
)
. For
a
zero-
torque
thin disk
it is
1
−
E
ISCO
, the
binding energy
per unit rest
mass
released before
matter
crosses the innermost stable circular
orbit
.
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