The conditions under which black hole jets erupt, a long-standing mystery, have been observationally elucidated

2025-05-07

An international research group including Project Associate Professor Kazutaka Yamaoka of the Center for Orbital and Suborbital Observation Promotion and Professor Toshihiro Kawaguchi of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Toyama University has clarified the conditions for the occurrence of the jet phenomenon, which erupts from the vicinity of a black hole at nearly the speed of light, through detailed analysis of simultaneous X-ray and radio data.

(English Press Release)
Scientists discover how stellar-mass black holes emit powerful plasma jets
https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result-en/2025/04/20250410-01.html