On 2001-08-17 at 20h01, possibly To Brin-L et al.,
the keyboard of "Richard Baker" chattered:
>
> Ken said:
>
> > All right, what cross-sections are possible for the
> > accretion disc, depending upon the disc's angular
> > velocity and the mass of the blackhole?
>
> You've confused the accretion disc and the horizon here and in an
> earlier message.
No, the above is exactly what I meant to ask. I am not
asking about the geometry of the horizon; I am asking about
the geometry of the mass outside the horizon but within the
hole's gravitational influence. In particular, the mass
in decaying orbit.
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