Electromagnetic Excitation of Rotating Black Holes and Relativistic Jets

Abstract

We show that electromagnetic excitations of rotating black holes can lead to the appearance of narrow singular beams which break up the black hole horizon forming a tube-like region which connects the interior and exterior. It is argued that this effect may be at the origin of jet formation.

4 pages, 2 figs. Talk at the Int. Conf. on Gravitation, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Nonstationary Gas Dynamics, dedicated to Prof. K.P. Staniukovich's 90th birthday, Moscow, 2-6 March 2006