Magnetic pumps and black hole engines

by Prof. Amir Levinson

Tau

at Physics Colloquium

Tue, 07 May 2019, 15:30
Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology (51), room 015

Abstract

A variety of extreme cosmic phenomena are powered by
rotating black holes. One mechanism that has been studied
extensively is energy extraction of the black hole spin energy
by magnetic fields. I will describe recent observational and
theoretical progress in the study of black hole engines, and
explain in simple terms how this black hole activation mechanism
works.

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