Remarks on electrical Penrose process for magnetized Reissner-Nordström black hole
Abstract
The energy extraction from a magnetized Reissner-Nordström black hole is analyzed within the framework of the electric Penrose mechanism. The presence of an external magnetic field induces an axisymmetric configuration and an ergosphere (the region where energy extraction is possible) arises, allowing for negative energy states even in an otherwise static spacetime. By analyzing the decay of particles at turning points of the radial motion, we derive the general expression for the efficiency of the process in terms of the metric coefficients and the electromagnetic potential. The resulting efficiencies are interpreted as Killing energy efficiencies associated with the local splitting process, while the escape of the positive energy fragment is treated as an additional effective-potential requirement. This formulation provides a direct criterion for identifying the ergoregions and we show that the magnetic field acts as a control parameter that governs both the configuration of the ergosphere and the efficiency of the process. In particular, analytical expressions for the critical magnetic fields that determine the onset and suppression of energy extraction are determined. Our results extend previous analysis of the electric Penrose process for magnetized configurations and clarify the role of the external field in enhancing or inhibiting energy extraction from charged black holes.
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BibTeX
@misc{baez2026remarks,
title = {{Remarks on electrical Penrose process for magnetized Reissner-Nordström black hole}},
author = {A. Baez and Nora Breton and I. Cabrera-Munguia},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.20492},
eprint = {2605.20492},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20492},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Remarks on electrical Penrose process for magnetized Reissner-Nordström black hole
AU - A. Baez
AU - Nora Breton
AU - I. Cabrera-Munguia
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/28
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.20492
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20492
AB - The energy extraction from a magnetized Reissner-Nordström black hole is analyzed within the framework of the electric Penrose mechanism. The presence of an external magnetic field induces an axisymmetric configuration and an ergosphere (the region where energy extraction is possible) arises, allowing for negative energy states even in an otherwise static spacetime. By analyzing the decay of particles at turning points of the radial motion, we derive the general expression for the efficiency of the process in terms of the metric coefficients and the electromagnetic potential. The resulting efficiencies are interpreted as Killing energy efficiencies associated with the local splitting process, while the escape of the positive energy fragment is treated as an additional effective-potential requirement. This formulation provides a direct criterion for identifying the ergoregions and we show that the magnetic field acts as a control parameter that governs both the configuration of the ergosphere and the efficiency of the process. In particular, analytical expressions for the critical magnetic fields that determine the onset and suppression of energy extraction are determined. Our results extend previous analysis of the electric Penrose process for magnetized configurations and clarify the role of the external field in enhancing or inhibiting energy extraction from charged black holes.
ER -