Forecasting black hole jet ejections through X-ray signals (VIDEO)

University of Toyama

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Changes in the accretion disk’s inner radius and X-ray variability could provide early warning signals of black hole jet ejections, potentially allowing astronomers to forecast these powerful events several days in advance.

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Professor Toshihiro Kawaguchi from University of Toyama, Japan and Dr. Kazutaka Yamaoka from Nagoya University, Japan Source Link: http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/kawaguti/researchE.html

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