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astro-ph.HE2013★ 51 cited
A Physical Link Between Jet Formation and Hot Plasma in Active Galactic Nuclei
Qingwen Wu, Xinwu Cao, Luis C. Ho +1
Recent observations suggest that in black hole X-ray binaries jet/outflow formation is related to the hot plasma in the vicinity of the black hole, either in the form of an advecti…
astro-ph.HE2013★ 89 cited
The large scale magnetic fields of thin accretion disks
Xinwu Cao, H. C. Spruit
Large scale magnetic field threading an accretion disk is a key ingredient in the jet formation model. The most attractive scenario for the origin of such a large scale field is th…