Upper bound on the center-of-mass energy of the collisional Penrose process

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.06.028zbMATH Open1367.83050arXiv1609.06717OpenAlexW2428675973MaRDI QIDQ2012432FDOQ2012432

Authors: Shahar Hod 

Publication date: 31 July 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following the interesting work of Ba~nados, Silk, and West [Phys. Rev. Lett. {�f 103}, 111102 (2009)], it is repeatedly stated in the physics literature that the center-of-mass energy, ${calE}_{extc.m}$, of two colliding particles in a maximally rotating black-hole spacetime can grow unboundedly. For this extreme scenario to happen, the particles have to collide at the black-hole horizon. In this paper we show that Thorne's famous hoop conjecture precludes this extreme scenario from occurring in realistic black-hole spacetimes. In particular, it is shown that a new (and larger) horizon is formed {it before} the infalling particles reach the horizon of the original black hole. As a consequence, the center-of-mass energy of the collisional Penrose process is {it bounded} from above by the simple scaling relation ${calE}_{extc.m}^{extmax}/2mupropto(M/mu{)}^{1/4}$, where $M$ and $mu$ are respectively the mass of the central black hole and the proper mass of the colliding particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06717

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57)

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