Energy self-extraction of a Kerr black hole through its frame-dragged force-free magnetosphere
Abstract
It is shown that when only the condition} is satisfied, the Kerr black hole frame-drags its surrounding force-free magnetosphere with the field-line-angular-velocity (FLAV) , where is the horizon angular-velocity. Then, the zero-angular-momentum-observers (ZAMOs) circulating with the frame-dragging-angular-velocity will see that the `null surface' S where always exists. They will see that the outer domain outside S is prograde-rotating with , whereas the inner domain inside is retrograde-rotating with , where denotes the ZAMO-FLAV. `This surface' S must be the magneto-centrifugal divider of the force-free magnetosphere, with a kind of plasma-shed on it. Subsequently, the force-free and freezing-in conditions break down on S, thereby allowing the particle-current sources to be set up on S. `This surface' also is the ZAM-surface S, on which no flow of angular momentum nor electric current can cross. Because the electric field reverses sign on S, the Poynting flux reverses direction from outward to inward on S. An electromagnetic self-extraction of energy will be possible only through the frame-dragged magnetosphere, with the inner domain nested between the horizon and `this surface' S, in order to comply with the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
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@article{arxiv.1904.11978,
title = {Energy self-extraction of a Kerr black hole through its frame-dragged force-free magnetosphere},
author = {Isao Okamoto and Yoogeun Song},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.11978},
year = {2023}
}
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23 pages, 4 figures