The Membrane Model of Black Holes and Applications
arXiv:astro-ph/9711276 · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-49535-2_6
Abstract
These lectures provide a detailed introduction to the electro- dynamics of black holes. A simplified derivation of the basic membrane equations for stationary, axisymmetric black holes is given. The general theory is applied to idealized current generators involving rotating black holes, and we also analyse the Blandford-Znajek process for magnetic energy extraction from rotating black holes.
arXiv comment41 pages Latex document. 11 postscript figures available at ftp://130.60.164.117/pub/Straumann_Bad_Honnef/Straumann_Bad_Honnef_Bilder.tgz Lecture held at the 179. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, 18-22 of August 1997 at Bad Honnef (Germany). To be published in: Black Holes: Theory and Observation eds. F.W. Hehl, C. Kiefer and R. Metzler, Springer 1998