Acceleration of charged particles from near-extremal rotating black holes embedded in magnetic fields

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABC189zbMATH Open1479.83124arXiv2005.13599OpenAlexW3108948646MaRDI QIDQ5162467FDOQ5162467

C. H. Coimbra-Araújo, R. C. Anjos

Publication date: 2 November 2021

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The aim of the present article is to evaluate the motion of charged test particles in the vicinity of a near-extremal rotating black hole in the presence of magnetic fields. Euler-Lagrange motion equations and effective potential methods are used to characterize the motion out of the equatorial plane. Such approach is of peculiar significance if it is considered, e.g., accretion processes onto rotating black holes. In general investigations concerning accretion focus mostly on the simplest case of particles moving in the equatorial plane. Here it will be considered that particles initially moving around some particular orbit may be perturbed by a kick along the $heta$ direction, giving rise to other possible orbits. We confirm the possibility that ultra high energy cosmic rays would be produced at the very center of AGNs, for a specific range of magnetic field magnitudes, since it is possible that ultra-high center-of-mass energies can be produced by particles colliding near the horizon of fastly rotating black holes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.13599

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsKerr black holesultra high energy cosmic rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Black holes (83C57) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Motion of the gyroscope (70E05)

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Cited In (2)

• Gravitomagnetic acceleration from black hole accretion disks
• Particle transport in magnetized media around black holes and associated radiation

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