Ergosphere-driven winds

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Astrophysical Journal; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/168717· OSTI ID:6700643

Punsly, B; Coroniti, F V ^[1]

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1. California Univ., Los Angeles (USA)

This paper is a discussion of a physical mechanism that allows large-scale magnetic fields to torque rapidly rotating black holes in an astrophysical context. The physics which is involved is that plasma in the ergosphere must rotate. Thus, if ergospheric plasma gets frozen onto large-scale magnetic field lines, then it can drive a magnetic wind to infinity, as is conjectured to occur in field-aligned pulsars. Included in this paper is a discussion of ingoing magnetic winds that accrete either toward the event horizon or to the equatorial plane in the ergosphere. 31 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6700643
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal; (USA), Vol. 354; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BLACK HOLES
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ACCRETION DISKS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
PULSARS
ROTATING PLASMA
SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC
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HYDRODYNAMICS
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