Relativistic single-particle scattering cross sections for strong electromagnetic waves in strongly magnetized plasma are computed for arbitrary polarization and angle, showing strong suppression and sub-unity optical depth for quasi-parallel propagation.
A strong magnetic field around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy
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The centre of our Milky Way harbours the closest candidate for a supermassive black hole. The source is thought to be powered by radiatively inefficient accretion of gas from its environment. This form of accretion is a standard mode of energy supply for most galactic nuclei. X-ray measurements have already resolved a tenuous hot gas component from which it can be fed. However, the magnetization of the gas, a crucial parameter determining the structure of the accretion flow, remains unknown. Strong magnetic fields can influence the dynamics of the accretion, remove angular momentum from the infalling gas, expel matter through relativistic jets and lead to the observed synchrotron emission. Here we report multi-frequency measurements with several radio telescopes of a newly discovered pulsar close to the Galactic Centre and show that its unusually large Faraday rotation indicates a dynamically relevant magnetic field near the black hole. If this field is accreted down to the event horizon it provides enough magnetic flux to explain the observed emission from the black hole, from radio to X-rays.
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Derives an electrically charged generalization of the Kiselev black hole metric and studies charged particle orbits, finding prograde periapsis shifts for uncharged particles but possible retrograde shifts for charged ones.
Magnetic inclination alignment with timescale proportional to B to the minus two suppresses observed numbers of strong-field neutron stars, unifying pulsars and magnetars under one log-uniform initial B distribution.
Derives circularity and marginal stability conditions for charged particles in weakly magnetized Taub-NUT spacetime and finds that magnetic field strength monotonically decreases the ISCO radius with charge-dependent branch ordering.
Numerical chaos indicators applied to the Schwarzschild-Bertotti-Robinson-Bonnor-Melvin family show that chaos occurs without swirling and that electromagnetic field strengths and directions tightly restrict bound orbits.
Exact black hole solution with anisotropic matter and magnetic field shows the matter parameter reduces local chaos (Lyapunov exponent) while the magnetic field drives qualitative shifts in global chaos (Poincaré sections).
Wideband observations show M28A giant pulses differ from FRB 20200120E bursts in duration, luminosity, timing statistics, and spectral structure, yielding no strong evidence for a direct link.
The static Reissner-Nordström black hole embedded in Bertotti-Robinson (AdS₂ × S²) is supersymmetric in N=2 D=4 supergravity, saturates the BPS bound, and yields mass and thermodynamic relations with a cosmological-constant generalization.
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Scattering of Strong Radio Waves by Particles in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas and Implications for Fast Radio Bursts
Relativistic single-particle scattering cross sections for strong electromagnetic waves in strongly magnetized plasma are computed for arbitrary polarization and angle, showing strong suppression and sub-unity optical depth for quasi-parallel propagation.
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Particle dynamics around an electrically charged Kiselev black hole embedded in quintessence
Derives an electrically charged generalization of the Kiselev black hole metric and studies charged particle orbits, finding prograde periapsis shifts for uncharged particles but possible retrograde shifts for charged ones.
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A Log-Uniform Initial Magnetic Field Distribution Explains Pulsar and Magnetar Populations through Magnetic Inclination Alignment
Magnetic inclination alignment with timescale proportional to B to the minus two suppresses observed numbers of strong-field neutron stars, unifying pulsars and magnetars under one log-uniform initial B distribution.
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Equatorial Circular Motion of Charged Test Particles in a Weakly Magnetized Taub--NUT Background
Derives circularity and marginal stability conditions for charged particles in weakly magnetized Taub-NUT spacetime and finds that magnetic field strength monotonically decreases the ISCO radius with charge-dependent branch ordering.
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Chaotic motion of particles around a Schwarzschild black hole in a swirling electromagnetic background
Numerical chaos indicators applied to the Schwarzschild-Bertotti-Robinson-Bonnor-Melvin family show that chaos occurs without swirling and that electromagnetic field strengths and directions tightly restrict bound orbits.
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Chaotic behaviors of particles around the black hole with an anisotropic matter immersed in a magnetic field
Exact black hole solution with anisotropic matter and magnetic field shows the matter parameter reduces local chaos (Lyapunov exponent) while the magnetic field drives qualitative shifts in global chaos (Poincaré sections).
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Searching for links between energetic millisecond pulsars and repeating fast radio bursts
Wideband observations show M28A giant pulses differ from FRB 20200120E bursts in duration, luminosity, timing statistics, and spectral structure, yielding no strong evidence for a direct link.
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Supersymmetry of the static Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole in Bertotti-Robinson ($\mathrm{AdS}_2 \times \mathbb{S}^2$)
The static Reissner-Nordström black hole embedded in Bertotti-Robinson (AdS₂ × S²) is supersymmetric in N=2 D=4 supergravity, saturates the BPS bound, and yields mass and thermodynamic relations with a cosmological-constant generalization.