Robustness of the Blandford-Znajek mechanism
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2015-05-27 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The Blandford-Znajek mechanism has long been regarded as a key ingredient in models attempting to explain powerful jets in AGNs, quasars, blazzars etc. In such mechanism, energy is extracted from a rotating black hole and dissipated at a load at far distances. In the current work we examine the behaviour of the BZ mechanism with respect to different boundary conditions, revealing the mechanism robustness upon variation of these conditions. Consequently, this work closes a gap in our understanding of this important scenario.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.3663,
title = {Robustness of the Blandford-Znajek mechanism},
author = {Carlos Palenzuela and Carles Bona and Luis Lehner and Oscar Reula},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.3663},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
7 pages, accepted in CQG