Black Hole Gravitohydromagnetics
Download or Read eBook Black Hole Gravitohydromagnetics PDF written by Brian Punsly and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Brian Punsly |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 411 |
| Release | : 2013-03-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783662044094 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3662044099 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Black Hole Gravitohydromagnetics by : Brian Punsly
Book excerpt: A new branch of physics, black hole gravitohydromagnetics (GHM) is developed from the rudiments to the frontiers of research. GHM describes plasma interactions that combine the effects of gravity and a strong magnetic field, in the vicinity (ergosphere) of a rapidly rotating black hole. This topic was created in response to the astrophysical quest to understand the central engines of radio loud extragalactic radio sources. The theory describes a "torsional tug of war" between rotating ergospheric plasma and the distant asymptotic plasma that extracts the rotational inertia of the black hole.
