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Home » Astronomy and space » Black hole jets create ‘negative energy’ particles, simulation reveals

Black hole jets create ‘negative energy’ particles, simulation reveals

29 Jan 2019
Black hole jet
Spin out: visualization of a general-relativistic collisionless plasma simulation shows the density of positrons near the event horizon of a rotating black hole. Plasma instabilities produce island-like structures in the region of intense electric current. (Courtesy: Kyle Parfrey et al./Berkeley Lab)
New insights into how luminous jets form around rapidly-rotating black holes have been provided by a

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Sam Jarman is a science writer based in the UK
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