This artist's representation shows how magnetic fields may drive a wind in GRO J1655-40. Rotation in the disk plus magnetic actions in the disk can cause magnetic fields, shown here in this simplified version as black lines. This winds help dissipate angular momentum and allow gas to fall into the black hole's center. (Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)

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