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We revisit the motion of massless particles with anyonic spin in the horizon of Kerr--Newman geometry. As recently shown, such particles can move within the horizon of the black hole due to the coupling of charges associated with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-28 Finnian Gray , David Kubiznak , T. Rick Perche , Jaime Redondo-Yuste

In this paper we consider a rotating black hole with electric and magnetic monopole charges that moves in a static homogeneous electromagnetic field. We assume that both the charges and the fields are weak, so that they have no effect on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-18 Valeri P. Frolov , Alex Koek

This Letter analyzes 3-dimensional simulations of Kerr black hole magnetospheres that obey the general relativistic equations of perfect magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Particular emphasis is on the event horizon magnetosphere (EHM) which is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Brian Punsly

We discuss one of the possible origins of large-scale magnetic fields based on a continuous distribution of toroidal electric current flowing in the inner region of the disc around a Kerr black hole (BH) in the framework of general…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Cheng-Xuan Zhao , Ding-Xiong Wang , Zhao-Ming Gan

We investigate stationary, self-gravitating, magnetised disks (or tori) around black holes. The models are obtained by numerically solving the coupled system of the Einstein equations and the equations of ideal general-relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 Patryk Mach , Sergio Gimeno-Soler , Jose A. Font , Andrzej Odrzywolek , Michal Pirog

The role of equatorial boundary condition in the structure of a force-free black hole magnetosphere was rarely discussed, since previous studies have been focused on the field lines entering the horizon. However, recent high-accuracy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-25 Zhen Pan

We present a theoretical study of the magnetic field generated by a toroidal current loop situated in the equatorial plane of a non-rotating Schwarzschild black hole, based on the dynamics of charged particles. Using the exact general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-16 Martin Kološ , David Kofroň

The electromagnetic fields generated by a ring current around a Kerr black hole have been found. The acceleration of a charged particle by a force electric field along the rotation axis is investigated in the constructed model, as applied…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Shatskiy

We quantitatively study the stationary, axisymmetric, force-free magnetospheres of spinning (Kerr) black holes (BHs) and the conditions needed for relativistic jets to be powered by the Blandford-Znajek mechanism. These jets could be from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-03 Alexander L. Ford , Brett D. Keenan , Mikhail V. Medvedev

Large scale magnetic fields pervade the cosmic environment where the astrophysical black holes are often embedded and influenced by the mutual interaction. In this contribution we outline the appropriate mathematical framework to describe…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-02 Vladimir Karas

Magnetic fields play a central role in black hole astrophysics, powering relativistic jets and other energetic phenomena. While near-horizon magnetic field is usually assumed to originate from the accretion flow, additional large-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-29 Madina Zhakipova , Arman Tursunov , Saken Toktarbay , Martin Kološ

The electromagnetic field around a Kerr black hole inside a current loop is sometimes used as the basis of a toy model for discussing the properties of particle orbits near astrophysical black holes. The motivation for the present paper is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 Ian G Moss

Despite their potential importance for understanding astrophysical jets, physically realistic exact solutions for magnetospheres around Kerr black holes have not been found, even in the force-free approximation. Instead approximate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-17 Gianluca Grignani , Troels Harmark , Marta Orselli

We study electromagnetic perturbations around a Kerr black hole surrounded by a thin disk on the equatorial plane. Our main purpose is to reveal the black hole superradiance of electromagnetic waves emitted from the disk surface. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 Taichi Kobayashi , Akira Tomimatsu

Combined influence of rotation of a black hole and ambient magnetic fields creates conditions for powerful astrophysical processes of accretion and outflow of matter which are observed in many systems across the range of masses; from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Ondrej Kopacek , Vladimir Karas

Recent studies have demonstrated that a scalar field non-minimally coupled to the electromagnetic field can experience a spin-induced tachyonic instability near Kerr-Newman black holes, potentially driving the formation of scalar clouds. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-30 Guangzhou Guo , Peng Wang , Tianshu Wu , Haitang Yang

This Letter investigates the origin of the asymmetric magnetic field line geometry in the ergospheric disk (and the corresponding asymmetric powerful jet) in 3-D perfect magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulations of a rapidly rotating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Brian Punsly

We construct spin-induced scalarized black hole solutions in a class of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar models, where a scalar field is non-minimally coupled to the electromagnetic field. Our results show that scalar hair develops only for rapidly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-25 Lang Cheng , Guangzhou Guo , Peng Wang , Haitang Yang

We present new equilibrium solutions of stationary models of magnetized thick disks (or tori) around Kerr black holes with synchronised scalar hair. The models reported here largely extend our previous results based on constant radial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-24 Sergio Gimeno-Soler , José A. Font , Carlos Herdeiro , Eugen Radu

Magnetic fields surrounding black holes are responsible for various astrophysical phenomena related to accretion processes and relativistic jets. Depending on the source, the configuration of the field lines may differ significantly,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-15 Saltanat Kenzhebayeva , Saken Toktarbay , Arman Tursunov , Martin Kološ