TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonsingular electrodynamics of a rotating black hole moving in an asymptotically uniform magnetic test field
AU - Morozova, Viktoriya S.
AU - Rezzolla, Luciano
AU - Ahmedov, Bobomurat J.
PY - 2014/5/20
Y1 - 2014/5/20
N2 - We extend the Wald solution to a black hole that is also moving at constant velocity. More specifically, we derive analytic solutions for the Maxwell equations for a rotating black hole moving at constant speed in an asymptotically uniform magnetic test field. By adopting Kerr-Schild coordinates we avoid singular behaviors at the horizon and obtain a complete description of the charge and current distributions in terms of the black-hole spin and velocity. Using this solution, we compute the energy losses expected when charged particles are accelerated along the magnetic field lines, improving previous estimates that had to cope with singular electromagnetic fields on the horizon. When used to approximate the emission from binary black holes in a uniform magnetic field, our estimates match reasonably well those from numerical-relativity calculations in the force-free approximation.
AB - We extend the Wald solution to a black hole that is also moving at constant velocity. More specifically, we derive analytic solutions for the Maxwell equations for a rotating black hole moving at constant speed in an asymptotically uniform magnetic test field. By adopting Kerr-Schild coordinates we avoid singular behaviors at the horizon and obtain a complete description of the charge and current distributions in terms of the black-hole spin and velocity. Using this solution, we compute the energy losses expected when charged particles are accelerated along the magnetic field lines, improving previous estimates that had to cope with singular electromagnetic fields on the horizon. When used to approximate the emission from binary black holes in a uniform magnetic field, our estimates match reasonably well those from numerical-relativity calculations in the force-free approximation.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.104030
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.104030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901460040
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 89
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 10
M1 - 104030
ER -