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We use the integrated spectrum of the X-ray background and quasars Spectral Energy Distribution to derive the contribution of quasars to the energy output of the Universe. We find a lower limit for the energy from accretion onto black holes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Elvis , G. Risaliti , G. Zamorani

The transfer of energy and angular momentum in the magnetic coupling (MC) of a rotating black hole (BH) with its surrounding accretion disc is discussed based on a mapping relation derived by considering the conservation of magnetic flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. X. Wang , W. H. Lei , R. Y. Ma

Using the Kerr-Schild formalism to solve the Einstein-Maxwell equations, we study energy transport due to time-dependent electromagnetic perturbations around a Kerr black hole, which may work as a mechanism to illuminate a disk located on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-09-14 Taichi Kobayashi , Kohei Onda , Akira Tomimatsu

For almost four decades, since the discovery of quasars, mounting observational evidence has accumulated that black holes indeed exist in nature. In this paper, I present a theoretical and numerical (Monte Carlo) fully relativistic 4-D…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Reva Kay Williams

The extraction of rotational energy from a spinning black hole via the Blandford-Znajek mechanism has long been understood as an important component in models to explain energetic jets from compact astrophysical sources. Here we show more…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 David Neilsen , Luis Lehner , Carlos Palenzuela , Eric W. Hirschmann , Steven L. Liebling , Patrick M. Motl , T. Garrett

We have investigated the properties of the ergosphere and the energy extraction by Penrose process in a Konoplya-Zhidenko rotating non-Kerr black hole spacetime. We find that the ergosphere becomes thin and the maximum efficiency of energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-15 Fen Long , Songbai Chen , Shangyun Wang , Jiliang Jing

The coalescence of supermassive black hole binaries occurs via the emission of gravitational waves, that can impart a substantial recoil to the merged black hole. We consider the energy dissipation, that results if the recoiling black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Elena M. Rossi , G. Lodato , P. J. Armitage , J. E. Pringle , A. R. King

The mass-energy formula for a black hole endowed with electromagnetic structure (EMBH) is clarified for the nonrotating case. The irreducible mass $M_{\mathrm{irr}}$ is found to be independent of the electromagnetic field and explicitly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Remo Ruffini , Luca Vitagliano

We study the evolution of a Kerr black hole emitting scalar radiation via the Hawking process. We show that the rate at which mass and angular momentum are lost by the black hole leads to a final evolutionary state with nonzero angular…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Chris M. Chambers , William A. Hiscock , Brett Taylor

If a black hole is immersed in a magnetosphere,its rotational energy can be transferred to the electromagnetic field and escape as a Poynting flux to infinity. This process of extraction of rotational energy is known as the Blandford-Znajek…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-23 Milos Ertola Urtubey , Daniela Pérez

We investigate the possibility that gamma-ray bursts are powered by a central engine consisting of a black hole with an external magnetic field anchored in a surrounding disk or torus. The energy source is then the rotation of the black…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. K. Lee , R. A. M. J. Wijers , G. E. Brown

Magnetic reconnection process in the ergosphere is investigated for a relativistic plasma around a rotating non-Kerr black hole. For a rotating non-Kerr black hole immersed in magnetic field generated by an externally material,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-18 Wenshuai Liu

We consider a stationary axisymmetric force-free degenerate magnetosphere of a rotating Kerr black hole surrounded by a thin Keplerian infinitely-conducting accretion disk. We focus on the closed-field geometry characterize by a direct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dmitri A. Uzdensky

In this paper, we provide exact solutions for the extraction of energy from a rotating black hole via both the electromagnetic Poynting flux and matter currents. By appropriate choice of a radially independent poloidal function…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Govind Menon , Charles D. Dermer

In this paper, the Penrose process is being used to extract rotational energy from regular black holes. Initially, we consider the rotating Simpson-Visser regular spacetime which describes the class of geometries of the Kerr black hole's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-02 Vishva Patel , Kauntey Acharya , Parth Bambhaniya , Pankaj S. Joshi

An inspiralling object of mass $\mu$ around a Kerr black hole of mass $M (\gg \mu)$ experiences a continuous transition near the innermost stable circular orbit from adiabatic inspiral to plunge into the horizon as gravitational radiation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Tomohiro Harada , Masashi Kimura

We define and sketch the generalized ergosphere of the Majumdar-Papapetrou (MP) spacetime. In particular, we demonstrate the existence of closed orbits of negative energy that live outside the event horizon of such a spacetime. Relying on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-10 Lucas Timotheo Sanches , Maurício Richartz

The lack of our knowledge on how angular momentum is transported in accretion disks around black holes has prevented us from fully understanding their high energy emissions. We briefly highlight some theoretical models, emphasizing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Li , S. A. Colgate , M. Kusunose , R. V. E. Lovelace

In this paper, we consider a well-established magnetic Penrose process (MPP) and bring out its impact on the efficiency of energy extraction from higher dimensional (i.e., $D>4$) black holes. We derive the field equations of motion and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-19 Sanjar Shaymatov

We examine mass outflows from a low-angular momentum, viscous, advective, and magnetized accretion disk around a rotating black hole in presence of thermal conduction. We consider the disk is primarily threaded by the toroidal component of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-15 Camelia Jana , Monu Singh , Suvendu Rakshit , Santabrata Das