Black hole Meissner effect and Blandford-Znajek jets

Spinning black holes tend to expel magnetic fields. In this way they are similar to superconductors. It has been a persistent concern that this black hole “Meissner effect” could quench jet power at high spins. This would make it impossible for the rapidly rotating black holes in Cyg X-1 and GRS 191...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penna, Robert
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88627
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3932-6174