Outgoing electromagnetic flux from rotating wormholes

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that rotating wormholes can emit electromagnetic flux through a mechanism similar to the Blandford-Znajek process, with flux levels comparable to Kerr black holes, expanding understanding of wormhole astrophysics.

Contribution

It introduces the first analysis of electromagnetic flux emission from rotating wormholes using the Damour-Solodukhin metric and magnetic field geometry.

Findings

Highly rotating wormholes emit Poynting flux.

Flux levels are comparable to Kerr black holes.

A Blandford-Znajek-like mechanism is possible.

Abstract

We show for the first time that rotating wormholes are capable of emitting a Poynting flux in the process of accreting magnetized matter. To this end, we analyze the Damour-Solodukhin metric describing a Kerr-type wormhole and calculate the electromagnetic flux assuming a specific geometry for the magnetic field contained by the wormhole ergosphere. We find that for highly rotating wormholes a mechanism similar to that of Blandford and Znajek is possible, and the emitted electromagnetic flux is of the same order as for a Kerr black hole.