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mia

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Explain how the central engine powers an active nucleus or quasar.
 
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Because of their immense size, black holes moving through space consume huge quantities of interstellar matter along their paths.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Matter from an accretion disk spirals inward toward the event horizon of the supermassive black hole. This matter accelerates close to the speed of light, and the high speed and temperature converts about 20 of the infalling matter into high energy radiation that ionizes the surrounding regions. The magnetic fields also focus the jets of outflowing hot gas perpendicular to the accretion disk.

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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