Theory and astrophysical consequences of a magnetized torus around a rapidly rotating black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 584, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 937-953

  Van Putten, Maurice H P M ^a   Levinson, Amir ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Gamma rays: bursts; Gravitational waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042740448     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345900     Document Type: Review

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