19–20 Dec 2024
University of Aveiro
Europe/Lisbon timezone

Floating orbits and energy extraction from magnetized Kerr black holes

19 Dec 2024, 12:30
15m

Speaker

João Sieiro dos Santos (Instituto Superior Técnico, CENTRA)

Description

We look at the effect of including radiation in the dynamics of charged particles in circular orbit around weakly magnetized Kerr black holes. The magnetic field leads to the existence of very low frequency circular orbits in the equatorial plane. The radiation emitted by particles in these orbits can be amplified through superradiance. We show that, as a result of this amplification, particles can be frozen in floating orbits and even extract energy from the BH.

Author

João Sieiro dos Santos (Instituto Superior Técnico, CENTRA)

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