Black Hole Winds
Abstract
We show that black holes accreting at or above the Eddington rate probably produce winds which are optically thick in the continuum, whether in quasars or X-ray binaries. The photospheric radius and outflow speed are proportional to 2 and -1 respectively, where is the mass outflow rate. The outflow momentum rate is always of order LEdd/c. Blackbody emission from these winds may provide the big blue bump in some quasars and AGN, as well as ultrasoft X-ray components in ULXs.
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