Electromagnetic extraction of energy from Kerr black holes

Abstract

We elucidate the `right' process for energy extraction from Kerr black holes through `FFDE' magnetospheres, free from causality violation. It is shown that the magnetosphere of a Kerr black hole possesses the double-structure, consisting of the inner and outer magnetospheres with the pair-creation gap between them and with respective unipolar batteries at the inner and outer surfaces of the gap.

8 pages, 2 figures, TD70 Conference, Lebedev Physical Institute

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