Super-Eddington Mechanical Power of an Accreting Black Hole in M83
Super-Eddington Mechanical Power of an Accreting Black Hole in M83
There Goes the NeighborhoodA mass-accreting black hole in steady-state cannot produce more radiative energy than its gravity can counterbalance, achieving what is known as the Eddington limit. However, mass accretion can also be converted into kinetic energy via mechanical outflow. Using x-ray observations,Soriaet al.(p.1330, published online 27 February; see the Perspective byKingand the cover) identified a compact shock-ionized radio/optical nebula in spiral galaxy M83, powered by a black hole, inferred that the black hole emits a spherical wind that exceeds the Eddington limit tenfold and succeeded in estimating it's mass in the range of 5 to 15 solar masses. It is possible that rapidly accreting black holes have greater influence on their host galaxy than once appreciated.
- University of Sydney Australia
- University of Western Australia Australia
- Johns Hopkins University United States
- Goddard Space Flight Center United States
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy Netherlands
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