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Collisional super-Penrose process and Wald inequalities

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-08-29 v4 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider collision of two massive particles in the equatorial plane of an axially symmetric stationary spacetime that produces two massless particles afterwards. It is implied that the horizon is absent but there is a naked singularity or another potential barrier that makes possible the head-on collision. The relationship between the energy in the center of mass frame Ec.m.E_{c.m.} and the Killing energy EE measured at infinity is analyzed. It follows immediately from the Wald inequalities that unbounded EE is possible for unbounded Ec.m.E_{c.m.} only. This can be realized if the spacetime is close to the threshold of the horizon formation. Different types of spacetimes (black holes, naked singularities, wormholes) correspond to different possible relations between Ec.m.E_{c.m.} and EE. We develop a general approach that enables us to describe the collision process in the frames of the stationary observer and ZAMO (zero angular momentum observer). The escape cone and escape fraction are derived. A simple explanation of the existence of the bright spot is given. For the particular case of the Kerr metric, our results agree with the previous ones found in M. Patil, T. Harada, K. Nakao, P.S. Joshi, and M. Kimura, Phys. Rev. D 93, 104015 (2016).

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@article{arxiv.1611.05912,
  title  = {Collisional super-Penrose process and Wald inequalities},
  author = {I. V. Tanatarov and O. B. Zaslavskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.05912},
  year   = {2017}
}

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32 pages, 1 figure; updated to match the published version

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