Mach's Principle, the Kerr Metric, and Black-Hole Physics

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 2721-2725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan B. Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Physics ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Mach's Principle ◽  
Mach’S Principle

ON MAGNETIC SELF-COLLIMATION OF RELATIVISTIC JETS

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 689-694
Author(s):  
N. GLOBUS ◽  
V. CAYATTE ◽  
C. SAUTY
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Ideal Fluid ◽  
Polar Axis ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Relativistic Jets ◽  
Simple Criterion ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
Time Splitting ◽  
Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics

We present a semi-analytical model using the equations of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) for jets emitted by a rotating black hole. We assume steady axisymmetric outflows of a relativistic ideal fluid in Kerr metrics. We express the conservation equations in the frame of the FIDucial Observer (FIDO or ZAMO) using a 3+1 space–time splitting. Calculating the total energy variation between a non-polar field line and the polar axis, we extend to the Kerr metric the simple criterion for the magnetic collimation of jets obtained for a nonrotating black hole by Meliani et al.10 We show that the black role rotation induced a more efficient magnetic collimation of the jet.

Finite Universe and Mach's Principle

Nature ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 196 (4852) ◽  
pp. 362-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. DEHNEN ◽  
H. HöNL
Keyword(s):  
Mach's Principle ◽  
Mach’S Principle

On embeddings of the Kerr geometry

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 688-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel A. Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Event Horizon ◽  
Equatorial Plane ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Intrinsic Structure ◽  
Kerr Geometry ◽  
Rotating Black Hole ◽  
Isometric Embeddings

The use of isometric embeddings of curved geometries reveals their intrinsic structure in a way that is readily appreciated. This is done for 3 two-surfaces sliced from the Kerr metric which describes a rotating black hole: the equatorial plane, the event horizon, and the ergosurface.

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