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Article Contents
- ABSTRACT
- 1.INTRODUCTION: HEREDITY
vs. ENVIRONMENT
- 2. THE ACCRETION PARADIGM: EFFECTS OF
BLACK HOLE MASS AND ACCRETION RATE
- 2.1. Observational and Theoretical Evidence for the
Accretion Paradigm
- 2.2. Observations Explained
- 3. THE SPIN PARADIGM: EFFECTS OF BLACK HOLE
ROTATION
- 3.1. Theoretical Arguments for the Spin Paradigm
- 3.2. General Relativistic Simulations of Magnetized
Disks in Kerr Geometry
- 3.3. Observational Advantages of the Spin Paradigm
- 4. AN EXAMPLE GRAND UNIFICATION SCHEME
- OBSERVATIONAL PREDICTIONS
- 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES