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The quantum emission of an alive black hole

ICRANet, Piazza della Republica 10, I–65122 Pescara, Italy

ICRA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I–00185 Rome, Italy

ICRANet-Ferrara, Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I–44122 Ferrara, Italy

Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I–44122 Ferrara, Italy

INAF, Istituto de Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy

E-mail Address: jorge.rueda@icra.it

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R. Ruffini

ICRANet, Piazza della Republica 10, I–65122 Pescara, Italy

ICRA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I–00185 Rome, Italy

INAF, Viale del Parco Mellini 84, 00136 Rome, Italy

E-mail Address: ruffini@icra.it

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271821410030Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

This article is part of the issue:

SPECIAL ISSUE: Selected Essays from the Annual Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation 2021
Editor: D. V. Ahluwalia

Abstract

A long march of 50 years of successive theoretical progress and new physics discovered using observations of gamma-ray bursts has finally led to the formulation of an efficient mechanism able to extract the rotational energy of a Kerr black hole to power these most energetic astrophysical sources and active galactic nuclei. We here present the salient features of this long-sought mechanism, based on gravito-electrodynamics, and which represents an authentic shift of paradigm of black holes as forever “alive” astrophysical objects.

This essay is awarded third prize in the 2021 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

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