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Black Holes and the Origin of Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Kip S. Thorne  and
Roger D. Blandford
Kip S. Thorne
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology
Roger D. Blandford
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology

Abstract

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Powerful, extragalactic radio sources might be fuelled by energy release near a massive black hole. In this article we describe some relativistic effects which may be relevant to this process. We use Newtonian language so far as possible and illustrate the effects with “simple” analogies. Specifically, we describe the gravitational field near a black hole, Lens-Thirring and geodetic precession, electromagnetic energy extraction of the spin energy of a black hole and the structure of accretion tori around a black hole.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 97: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1982 , pp. 255 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982 

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