The Efficiency of Using Accretion Power of Kerr Black Holes

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dc.creatorDutan, Ioana
dc.creatorBiermann, Peter
dc.date2004-10-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:14:57Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:14:57Z
dc.descriptionThe efficiency of a rapidly spinning Kerr black hole to turn accretion power into observable power can attain 32 percent for the photon emission from the disk, as is well known, following the work of Novikov-Page-Thorne. But many accretion disks are now understood to be underluminous ($L<L_{Edd}$), while still putting large amounts of energy into the jet. In this case, the apparent efficiency of jets driven by the innermost accretion disk of a highly rotating Kerr black hole ($a_*=0.999999$) can reach 96 percent.
dc.description6 pages with 1 PostScript figure, to be published in the proceedings of the International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics (14th course): "Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410194
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410194
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/8329
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Efficiency of Using Accretion Power of Kerr Black Holes
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