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E. Quataert (IAS)
I review recent work on radiatively inefficient accretion flows. I emphasize numerical simulations, analytical work, and observational evidence which all point to the same conclusion: accretion rates in radiatively inefficient flows are much smaller than standard (Bondi/ADAF) estimates.
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