EDDINGTON RATIO (LEDD/LBOL)

When an energetic galaxy like OQ~208 cools down by expelling some of its inner heat, the whole dance party gets smaller!

Technical definition

A dimensionless quantity representing the ratio of the luminosity of the accretion flow to the Eddington luminosity, a theoretically derived value that represents the maximum luminosity possible for matter under its own gravity.

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