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SS 433—Concerning the Slaved Accretion Disk

Abstract:: The Galactic microquasar SS 433 is a black hole that super-Eddington accretes from a disk fed from a Companion. The famous jets precess about an axis believed to be controlled by the feed; slaved precession. Variations in the polar angle of the precessing jets in SS 433 are negatively correlated with variations in the speed of the jets. This curious correlation has never been explained; here I consider a mechanism involving the effect of flares on the slavery. Recent observations of speed variation of the X-ray jets, with a period of ∼6 days, have a natural place in this slaved disk scenario.

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Bowler, M. G. (2026). SS 433—Concerning the Slaved Accretion Disk. Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 10(6), 152.

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Bowler, MG. “SS 433—Concerning the Slaved Accretion Disk.” Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 10, no. 6, 2026, p. 152.

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Bowler, MG. 2026. “SS 433—Concerning the Slaved Accretion Disk.” Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society 10 (6): 152.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Physics
Sub department:: Physics - Central
Role:: Author

Publisher:: IOP Publishing
Journal:: Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society More from this journal
Volume:: 10
Issue:: 6
Pages:: 152
Article number:: 152
Publication date:: 2026-06-10
Acceptance date:: 2026-06-08
DOI:: 10.3847/2515-5172/ae7972
EISSN:: 2515-5172
ISSN:: 2515-5172

Language:: English
Keywords:: Astrophysical processes
Source identifiers:: 4218699
Deposit date:: 2026-06-10
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_00e0436551c94d03be95d63fb11fe399

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