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Analytic properties of force-free jets in the Kerr spacetime -- II

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2016-01-27 v1

Abstract

We reinvestigate the structure of a steady axisymmetic force-free magnetosphere around a Kerr black hole (BH). The BH magnetosphere structure is governed by a second-order differential equation of AϕA_\phi depending on two `free' functions Ω\Omega and II, where AϕA_\phi is the ϕ\phi component of the vector potential of the electromagnetic field, Ω\Omega is the angular velocity of the magnetic field lines and II is the poloidal electric current. While the two functions Ω\Omega and II are not arbitrarily given, which need to be self-consistently determined along with the differential equation. Based on the perturbation approach we proposed in paper I \citep{Pan2015a}, in this paper, we self-consistently sort out two boundary conditions governing Ω\Omega and II, and interpret these conditions mathematically and physically. Making use of the boundary conditions, we prove that all magnetic field lines crossing the infinite-redshift surface also penetrate the event horizon. Furthermore, we argue that the BH Meissner effect does not work in force-free magnetosphere due to the perfect conductivity.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07925,
  title  = {Analytic properties of force-free jets in the Kerr spacetime -- II},
  author = {Zhen Pan and Cong Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07925},
  year   = {2016}
}

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