accretion

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A new study presents the most detailed and complete model yet of luminous black hole accretion, the process by which black holes pull in surrounding matter and emit intense radiation.

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These new measurements support a key prediction of general relativity and could help scientists investigate black hole spin, accretion physics, and how jets form.

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One possible explanation for the ultraluminosity is that an extraordinary amount of gas falls onto a compact object through a process called supercritical accretion.

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Forming such a galaxy involves slow, steady gas accretion, the settling of that gas into a rotating disk, and the emergence of density waves that sculpt spiral arms.

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Active galactic nuclei occur when material spirals into a galaxy's central black hole, forming an extremely hot accretion disk.

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