Analytic properties of force-free jets in the Kerr spacetime -- II

Abstract

We reinvestigate the structure of a steady axisymmetic force-free magnetosphere around a Kerr black hole (BH). The BH magnetosphere structure is governed by a second-order differential equation of $A_{\ddot{I}}•$ depending on two `free' functions $\hat{I}\text{c◯}$ and $I$, where $A_{\ddot{I}}•$ is the $\ddot{I}•$ component of the vector potential of the electromagnetic field, $\hat{I}\text{c◯}$ is the angular velocity of the magnetic field lines and $I$ is the poloidal electric current. While the two functions $\hat{I}\text{c◯}$ and $I$ are not arbitrarily given, which need to be self-consistently determined along with the differential equation. Based on the perturbation approach we proposed in paper I \citep{Pan2015a}, in this paper, we self-consistently sort out two boundary conditions governing $\hat{I}\text{c◯}$ and $I$, and interpret these conditions mathematically and physically. Making use of the boundary conditions, we prove that all magnetic field lines crossing the infinite-redshift surface also penetrate the event horizon. Furthermore, we argue that the BH Meissner effect does not work in force-free magnetosphere due to the perfect conductivity.

ApJ in press