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Jack O'Neill: Actually, it's called the Accretion Disk.
worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004
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Jack O'Neill: Actually, it's called the Accretion Disk.
Archive 2004-09-01 Andrew 2004
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Accretion scenario (2) as modelled would (as i read it) show more overall x-rays by a factor about 30-50x than is actually observed, thus they favor scenario (1).
Merging White Dwarfs Set Off Supernovae | Universe Today 2010
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Accretion disk are however known to exist by some indirect means.
Quasar Caught Building Future Home Galaxy | Universe Today 2009
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Accretion disk civilization 2: From sunhook to photon floater.
The Science Fiction in Science: Accretion Disk Civilizations? 2009
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Accretion is efficient to 10-15% of the infalling matter into BH's, according to current mod
Quasar Caught Building Future Home Galaxy | Universe Today 2009
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Accretion disk civilization 1: Habitable zone around accretion disks at galactic nuclei.
The Science Fiction in Science: Accretion Disk Civilizations? 2009
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Accretion disks get crunched and heated by a black hole's gravitational energy.
Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today 2009
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Accretion disks are composed of matter being violently whorled around and collisional processes amount to a type of friction.
Quasar Caught Building Future Home Galaxy | Universe Today 2009
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Accretion of Asian dust to Hawaiian soils: isotopic, elemental and mineral mass balances.
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