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Eddington Limit

The Eddington Limit is a theoretical upper bound on the luminosity of a massive star, beyond which the outward radiation pressure exceeds the inward gravitational force, thereby preventing hydrostatic equilibrium and initiating intense mass loss.

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Eddington Luminosity

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932

On the fate of gas accreting at a low rate on to a black hole

R. D. Blandford, Mitchell C. Begelman · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1999 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Simulating galaxy formation with black hole driven thermal and kinetic feedback

Rainer Weinberger, Volker Springel, Lars Hernquist et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2016 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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The Coevolution of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes: Insights from Surveys of the Contemporary Universe

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Strange stars

C. Alcock, Edward Farhi, Angela V. Olinto · The Astrophysical Journal · 1986 · 1.2K citations

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On the Maximum Luminosity of Galaxies and Their Central Black Holes: Feedback from Momentum‐driven Winds

The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 1K citations · Full text

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  1. AC
    A. C. Fabian

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. LC
    Luis C. Ho

    Peking University, China

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. MV
    Marta Volonteri

    Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France

    14 publications · 766 citations

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  4. PM
    P. Marziani

    Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy

    14 publications · 958 citations

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  5. DS
    Daniel Stern

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    12 publications · 507 citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    45 h-index

    135 publications

    16.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    121 publications

    11.3K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    35 h-index

    94 publications

    10.2K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    33 h-index

    109 publications

    6.6K citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    30 h-index

    82 publications

    7.1K citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    29 h-index

    58 publications

    4.8K citations

  7. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    47 publications

    4.6K citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    28 h-index

    45 publications

    6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 321 publications · 27.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    249 publications · 21.1K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    80 publications · 5.4K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    30 publications · 1.8K citations

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