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Kerr ISCO efficiency limits

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Branches of physics Astrophysics Astrophysical black hole Black-hole accretion Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion Innermost stable circular orbit
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For ideal zero-torque equatorial thin discs, efficiency is 1−EISCO​. The formal extremal retrograde, Schwarzschild and extremal prograde limiting radii are respectively 9,6,1 in units GM/c2, giving efficiencies 1−25/27​, 1−8/9​ and 1−1/3​. Photon capture and non-ideal accretion can change the realized efficiency.

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  • Past exam of the relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 1 / 1 / Solution

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