On the Penrose process for rotating black holes

Details On the Penrose process for rotating black holes On the Penrose process for rotating black holes

2009-08-18

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2638v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

10 pages, 3 figures

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Penrose described a process that, in principle, could extract energy and angular momentum from a rotating black hole. Here we examine two procedures that were claimed to be capable of implementing the Penrose idea; both make use of a particle moving at the horizon. In one, the particle is swallowed, and in the other the particle and black hole gradually exchange energy and angular momentum. We show that if the particle has negative energy and negative angular momentum but no radial momentum both procedures violate the requirement that the area of a black hole not decrease. For the gradual exchange method, however, it appears that the Penrose process could proceed if the particle has positive energy and angular momentum, but nevertheless removes energy from the black hole. It does not, however, lead to a Schwarzschild black hole. For an extreme Kerr black hole it's mass decreases by at most 9.7%, well short of the theoretical limit for a reversible process of 1-1/sqrt{2} =29%.

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