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Black hole hidden within its own exhaust
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-09-black-hole-hidden-exhaust.html
""These clouds are traveling so fast that they reach 'escape velocity' and are jettisoned in a cone-like spray from both sides of the disk," said Gallimore. "With ALMA, we can for the first time see that it is the gas that is thrown out that hides the black hole, not the gas falling in." This suggests that the general theory of an active black hole is oversimplified, he concludes.
With future ALMA observations, the astronomers hope to work out a fuel budget for this black hole engine: how much mass per year goes into the black hole and how much is ejected as exhaust.
"These are fundamental quantities for understanding black holes that we really don't have a good handle on at this time," concludes Gallimore."
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http://m.phys.org/news/2016-09-black-hole-hidden-exhaust.html
""These clouds are traveling so fast that they reach 'escape velocity' and are jettisoned in a cone-like spray from both sides of the disk," said Gallimore. "With ALMA, we can for the first time see that it is the gas that is thrown out that hides the black hole, not the gas falling in." This suggests that the general theory of an active black hole is oversimplified, he concludes.
With future ALMA observations, the astronomers hope to work out a fuel budget for this black hole engine: how much mass per year goes into the black hole and how much is ejected as exhaust.
"These are fundamental quantities for understanding black holes that we really don't have a good handle on at this time," concludes Gallimore."
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