Published January 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Weakly dissipative plasma equilibria in Kerr geometry

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)

Description

Axisymmetric neutral plasma equilibria of electrons and ions near black holes can be constructed from solutions of ideal multifluid equations; the solutions for the ions are obtained from a modified Grad-Shafranov code for the stream function. The density and the flux functions are determined self-consistently from the normalization of the Eulerian four-velocity and a simple dissipation model for the ions, respectively. Solutions with moderate or vanishing toroidal velocity exist, but the black hole receives matter only in nonequilibrium situations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 278-285
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35068034
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; ELECTRONS; EQUILIBRIUM; IONS; KERR FIELD; PLASMA
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LEPTONS

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.