出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：Outflowing jets are observed in accreting compact objects like X-ray binaries (XRBs) and active
galactic nuclei (AGN). Despite decades of study, we still do not know such basics as their
composition, why and how they form, or their relationship with the accretion flow in general.
Accreting black holes provide an ideal test population for probing inflow/outflow connections.
Observed over seven orders of magnitude in central mass and power, they enable us to assess
if the underlying physics governing their behavior scales in a predictable way. Recent research
suggests that there is indeed a fundamental plane of black hole activity linking the mass scales,
opening up several new areas for comparing physics over these scales. I summarize our current
understanding of accretion and outflow in XRB/microquasars and AGN, and present some of the
newest progress in addressing remaining open questions about the nature of the accretion flows
and their associated outflow formation.
