Strains and Jets in Black Hole Fields

TL;DR

This paper investigates how curvature and inertial strains near a Kerr black hole can interact to produce jet-like structures from initially spherical particle distributions.

Contribution

It introduces a model demonstrating the competition between strains in black hole fields leading to jet formation, a novel insight into astrophysical jet origins.

Findings

Curvature and inertial strains can generate jet-like structures.

Jet formation depends on initial conditions and black hole parameters.

The study provides a new perspective on astrophysical jet mechanisms.

Abstract

We study the behaviour of an initially spherical bunch of particles emitted along trajectories parallel to the symmetry axis of a Kerr black hole. We show that, under suitable conditions, curvature and inertial strains compete to generate jet-like structures.