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Recently it has been observed that the scaling of jet power with black hole spin in galactic X-ray binaries is consistent with the predictions of the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) jet model. These observations motivate us to revisit the BZ model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Robert F. Penna , Ramesh Narayan , Aleksander Sadowski

The Blandford-Znajek mechanism is the continuous extraction of energy from a rotating black hole via plasma currents flowing on magnetic field lines threading the horizon. In the discovery paper, Blandford and Znajek demonstrated the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-07 Jay Armas , Yangyang Cai , Geoffrey Compére , David Garfinkle , Samuel E. Gralla

The formation of relativistic astrophysical jets is presumably mediated by magnetic fields threading accretion disks and central, rapidly rotating objects. As it is accelerated by magnetic stresses, the jet's kinetic energy flux grows at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Marek Sikora , Mitchell C. Begelman , Greg M. Madejski , Jean-Pierre Lasota

Blandford-Znajek mechanism, by which the rotational energy of a black hole is extracted through electromagnetic fields, is one of the promising candidates as an essential process of the central engine of active compact objects such as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kentarou Tanabe , Shigehiro Nagataki

It was suggested that the large scale magnetic field can be dragged inwards efficiently by the corona above the disc, i.e., the so called "coronal mechanism" (Beckwith, Hawley, \& Krolik 2009), which provides a way to solve the difficulty…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 Xinwu Cao

In this study we explore the magnetic mechanism of hypernovae and relativistic jets of long duration gamma ray bursts within the collapsar scenario. This is an extension of our earlier work [1]. We track the collapse of massive rotating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Maxim V. Barkov , Serguei S. Komissarov

Magnetic field threading a black hole ergosphere is believed to play the key role in both driving the powerful relativistic jets observed in active galactic nuclei and extracting the rotational energy from a black hole via Blandford-Znajek…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-23 E. Nokhrina

We performed simulations of collapsars with different Kerr parameters a=0, 0.5, 0.9, 0.95. It is shown that a more rapidly rotating black hole is driving a more energetic jet. No jet is seen for the case of Schwartzschild black hole case,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Shigehiro Nagataki

The exact analytic solutions of the Maxwell equations in the exterior of a boosted rotating black hole immersed in an external magnetic field are obtained. The effect of boost as well as electromagnetic field on charged particle motion and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-19 Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov , Naresh Dadhich , Bobomurat Ahmedov

Numerous variations have been proposed on the original suggestion by Blandford and Znajek that magnetic fields could be used to extract rotational energy from black holes. A new categorization of these variations is proposed so that they…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Julian H. Krolik

The existence of the radius of marginal stability means that accretion flows around black holes invariably undergo a transition from a MHD turbulent disk-like flow to an inward plunging flow. We argue that the plunging inflow can greatly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Christopher S. Reynolds , David Garofalo , Mitchell C. Begelman

The spin energy extraction from a rotating black hole by amplification of scalar waves inside superradiance resonance wedge cavity (ring), followed by jet formation via magnetic reconnection assisted by the amplified scalar fields, is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sandi Setiawan

It was suggested that the relativistic jets in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powered via the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism or the annihilation of neutrinos and anti-neutrinos from a neutrino cooling-dominated accretion flow (NDAF). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Xinwu Cao , En-Wei Liang , Ye-Fei Yuan

The expulsion of axisymmetric magnetic field from the event horizons of rapidly rotating black holes has been seen as an astrophysically important effect that may significantly reduce or even nullify the efficiency of the Blandford-Znajek…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. S. Komissarov , J. C. McKinney

The exact mechanism by which astrophysical jets are formed is still unknown. It is believed that necessary elements are a rotating (Kerr) black hole and a magnetised accreting plasma. We model the accreting plasma as a collection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-04-10 V. S. Semenov , S. A. Dyadechkin , M. F. Heyn

It is widely believed that relativistic jets in X-ray binaries and active-galactic nuclei are powered by the rotational energy of black holes. This idea is supported by general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-24 Michael O' Riordan , Asaf Pe'er , Jonathan C. McKinney

Rotating black holes are known to launch relativistic jets and accelerate particles provided they accrete a magnetized plasma. However, it remains unclear how the global magnetic field orientation affects the jet powering efficiency. Here,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-27 Enzo Figueiredo , Benoît Cerutti , Kyle Parfrey

Active galactic nuclei often exhibit highly collimated relativistic plasma outflows launched from the vicinity of their central black holes. One of the key theoretical challenges in understanding black hole jet formation is the origin of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-05 Rin Oikawa , Kenji Toma , Shigeo S. Kimura

Most models for the central engine of gamma-ray bursts involve a stellar mass black hole surrounded by a thick disk formed after the merging of a system of compact objects or the collapse of a massive star. Energy released from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Frederic Daigne , Robert Mochkovitch

The Fundamental Plane (FP) of Black Hole (BH) Activity in galactic nuclei relates X-ray and radio luminosities to BH mass and accretion rate. However, there is a large scatter exhibited by the data, which motivated us for a new variable. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-06 Caner Unal , Abraham Loeb
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