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The Blandford-Znajek theory (1977) is generally studied to understand the generation of powerful relativistic jets. However, it could also give important insights about the feedback between a rotating black hole, its ergosphere, and a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-18 Luigi Foschini

We investigate the possibility of electromagnetic fields leaving imprints on gravitational wave (GW) signals from Neutron Star-Black hole (NSBH) mergers, specifically in the context of extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs). Using black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-06 Fawzi Aly , Mahmoud A. Mansour , Dejan Stojkovic

Recently, microquasar jets have aroused the interest of many researchers focusing on the astrophysical plasma outflows and various jet ejections. In this work, we concentrate on the investigation of electromagnetic radiation and particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Theodora Papavasileiou , Odysseas Kosmas , Ioannis Sinatkas

This work studies jet-like electromagnetic configurations surrounding a slowly-spinning black-hole immersed in a uniformly magnetized force-free plasma. In the first part of this work, we present a family of stationary solutions that are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 Huan Yang , Fan Zhang , Luis Lehner

In the framework of a model based on the gravitational field of the Kerr black hole, we turn to investigate the kinematic behavior of extragalactic jets. We analytically calculate the observable velocities and accelerations along any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-28 J. Gariel , N. O. Santos , Anzhong Wang

Turbulence is a complex physical process prevalent in modern physics, particularly in ionized environments like interstellar gas, where magnetic fields play a dynamic role. However, the precise influence of magnetic fields in such settings…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-12 Guang-Xing Li , Mengke Zhao

In this paper we analyze the frequency shifts of the light emitted by particles describing stable circular geodesics around a static black hole immersed in an external magnetic field of arbitrary strength. This system is represented by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-21 L. A. López , Nora Bretón

The internal-shocks scenario in relativistic jets has been used to explain the variability of blazars' outflow emission. Recent simulations have shown that the magnetic field alters the dynamics of these shocks producing a whole zoo of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Jesus M. Rueda-Becerril , Petar Mimica , Miguel A. Aloy , Carmen Aloy

We consider the bound states of the massive scalar field around a rotating black hole immersed in the asymptotically uniform magnetic field. In the regime of slow black hole rotation, the Klein-Gordon equation allows separation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-16 R. A. Konoplya

The properties of the electric field of a two-body system consisting of a Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole and a charged massive particle at rest have recently been analyzed in the framework of first order perturbation theory following the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico , Remo Ruffini

The Wald vector potential is an exact solution of the source-less Maxwell equations regarding an electromagnetic field of a vacuum uncharged black hole like the Kerr background black hole in an asymptotically uniform magnetic field.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-01 Wenfu Cao , Xin Wu , Jun Lyu

Black holes can launch powerful jets through the Blandford-Znajek process. This relies on enough plasma in the jet funnel to conduct the necessary current. However, in some low luminosity active galactic nuclei, the plasma supply near the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-30 Yajie Yuan , Alexander Y. Chen , Martin Luepker

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

In this paper we report the results of axisymmetric relativistic MHD simulations for the problem of Kerr black hole immersed into a rarefied plasma with ''uniform'' magnetic field. The long term solution shows properties which are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. S. Komissarov

Black-hole driven relativistic astrophysical jets, such as blazars and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), are powerful sources of electromagnetic radiation. Their emission is powered by some energy dissipation and particle acceleration mechanism…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 Dimitrios Giannios , Dmitri A. Uzdensky

After a brief summary of the basic properties of stationary spacetimes representing rotating, charged black holes in strong axisymmetric magnetic fields, we concentrate on extremal cases, for which the horizon surface gravity vanishes. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-06 Jiří Bičák , Filip Hejda

Observations of jets in X-ray binaries show a correlation between radio power and black hole spin. This correlation, if confirmed, points towards the idea that relativistic jets may be powered by the rotational energy of black holes. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-03 Michael O' Riordan , Asaf Pe'er , Jonathan C. McKinney

We use the high sensitivity to magnetic flux of mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in large quantum dots to investigate changes in the two-dimensional electron dispersion caused by an in-plane magnetic field. In particular, changes in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. M. Zumbuhl , J. B. Miller , C. M. Marcus , V. I. Fal'ko , T. Jungwirth , J. S. Harris

The origin of the rapid quasi-periodic variabilities observed in a number of accreting black hole X-ray binaries is not understood. It has been suggested that these variabilities are associated with diskoseismic oscillation modes of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Wen Fu , Dong Lai

Starting from the most general action in Einstein-Dilaton-Nonlinear Electrodynamics (NED) theory, we obtain the field equations. We apply the field equations for the specific NED known as the Liouville type plus a cosmological constant and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-15 S. Habib Mazharimousavi , Kanishk Verma