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Peter Cole
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- How does a black hole convert mass into energy?
If you search on-line for "efficiency of a black hole" you will get several discussions suggesting that the efficiencies of converting mass to energy are from 6% for non-rotating black holes to 42% for the fastest rotating black holes. I would like to know exactly how black holes convert some of their mass into energy. I would think that most of the energy conversion/loss is done within a black hole's accretion disk. I'm sure there is also some energy loss when jets are created but because their creation is not well understood I would be more interested in the energy conversion/loss done in accretion disks.