Accretion Disk
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An accretion disk is a rotating disk of gas and dust that forms around a compact object — such as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole — as infalling material loses angular momentum. Viscous heating within the disk can generate X-rays and power relativistic jets.
Category: Stellar Physics