Eight powers of ten: similarities in black hole accretion on all mass scales

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dc.creatorFender, Rob
dc.creatorKoerding, Elmar
dc.creatorBelloni, Tomaso
dc.creatorUttley, Phil
dc.creatorMcHardy, Ian
dc.creatorTzioumis, Tasso
dc.date2007-06-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:03:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:03:59Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we discuss the recent advances in the quantitative comparison of accretion, and the accretion:jet coupling, in accreting black holes in both X-ray binaries (where M ~ 10Msun) and Active Galactic Nuclei (10^5Msun < M < 10^9Msun). These similarities include the radiative efficiency and jet power as a function of accretion rate, which are themselves probably the origin of the `fundamental plane of black hole activity'. A second `fundamental plane' which connects mass, accretion rate and timing properties provides us with a further physical diagnostic. Patterns of radio loudness (i.e. jet production) as a function of luminosity and accretion state are shown to be similar for X-ray binaries and AGN. Finally we discuss how neutron stars are a useful control sample, and what the future may hold for this field.
dc.descriptionInvited Review at the VI Microquasar Workshop: Microquasars and beyond, Sept 18-22 2006, Como, Italy. To be published online by PoS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3838
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3838
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/227001
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEight powers of ten: similarities in black hole accretion on all mass scales
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