 Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion (source code)

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= Radiative efficiency of black-hole accretion
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The radiative efficiency is $\eta=L/(\dot M c^2)$. For a zero-torque thin disk it is $1-E_{\rm ISCO}$, the binding energy per unit rest mass released before matter crosses the innermost stable circular orbit.

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