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gr-qc2025
On the Universality of Energy Extraction from Black Hole Spacetimes
Koushik Chatterjee, Ziri Younsi, Prashant Kocherlakota +1
The launching of astrophysical jets provides the most compelling observational evidence for direct extraction of black hole (BH) spin energy via the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism…
gr-qc2024
Self-Gravitating Matter in Stationary and Axisymmetric Black Hole Spacetimes
Prashant Kocherlakota, Ramesh Narayan
All black holes (BHs) in nature are expected to be described by the Kerr vacuum solution of general relativity (GR). However, the Kerr BH interior contains several problematic feat…