Published 1982
| public
Book Section - Chapter
Black Holes and the Origin of Radio Sources
- Creators
- Thorne, Kip S.
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Blandford, Roger D.
- Others:
- Heeschen, David S.
- Wade, Campbell M.
Abstract
Powerful, extragalactic radio sources might be fuelled by energy release near a massive black hole. In this article we describe some relativistic effects which may be relevant to this process. We use Newtonian language so far as possible and illustrate the effects with "simple" analogies. Specifically, we describe the gravitational field near a black hole, Lens-Thirring and geodetic precession, electromagnetic energy extraction of the spin energy of a black hole and the structure of accretion tori around a black hole.
Additional Information
© 1982 IAU. The authors thank the National Science Foundation (AST 79-22012 and AST 80-17752) for financial support.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 96132
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20190605-084423714
- AST 79-22012
- NSF
- AST 80-17752
- NSF
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- Caltech groups
- TAPIR
- Series Name
- International Astronomical Union Symposium (IAUS)
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 97