Kerr geodesics, the Penrose process and jet collimation by a black hole

DOI10.1051/0004-6361/200913678zbMATH Open1213.85015arXivgr-qc/0702123OpenAlexW1996237982WikidataQ68678077 ScholiaQ68678077MaRDI QIDQ3003105FDOQ3003105

J. Gariel, Malcolm A. H. MacCallum, N. O. Santos, G. Marcilhacy

Publication date: 25 May 2011

Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We re-examine the possibility that astrophysical jet collimation may arise from the geometry of rotating black holes and the presence of high-energy particles resulting from a Penrose process, without the help of magnetic fields. Our analysis uses the Weyl coordinates, which are revealed better adapted to the desired shape of the jets. We numerically integrate the 2D-geodesics equations. We give a detailed study of these geodesics and give several numerical examples. Among them are a set of perfectly collimated geodesics with asymptotes $ho=h{o}_1$ parallel to the $z-$ axis, with $h{o}_1$ only depending on the ratios $fracmathcalQ{E}^2-1$ and $fracaM$, where $a$ and $M$ are the parameters of the Kerr black hole, $E$ the particle energy and $mathcalQ$ the Carter's constant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702123

zbMATH Keywords

black hole physicsrelativistic processesacceleration of particules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Black holes (83C57) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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• Kerr geodesics following the axis of symmetry
• Test of the string loop oscillation model using kHz quasiperiodic oscillations in a neutron star binary
• Axial collimation in the Kerr metric (astrophysical jets)
• Conformally flat sources for the Linet-Tian spacetime
• Repulsive Effect for Unbound High Energy Particles Along Rotation Axis in Kerr-Taub-NUT Spacetime
• Penrose process in Kerr-Taub-NUT spacetime

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