Physics A-Level
Accretion discs and black hole mass
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A quasar is powered by accretion onto a supermassive black hole of roughly 10⁶ to 10¹⁰ solar masses at the centre of a galaxy.
Topics that use Accretion discs and black hole mass
- Quasars (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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