Abstract

Combined influence of rotation of a black hole and ambient magnetic fields creates conditions for powerful astrophysical processes of accretion and outflow of matter which are observed in many systems across the range of masses; from stellar-mass black holes in binary systems to supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei. We study a simplified model of outflow of electrically charged particles from the inner region of an accretion disk around a spinning (Kerr) black hole immersed in a large-scale magnetic field. In particular, we consider a non-axisymmetric magnetosphere where the field is misaligned with the rotation axis. In this contribution we extend our previous analysis of acceleration of jet-like trajectories of particles escaping from bound circular orbits around a black hole. While we have previously assumed the initial setup of prograde (co-rotating) orbits, here we relax this assumption and we also consider retrograde (counter-rotating) motion. We show that the effect of counter-rotation may considerably increase the probability of escape from the system, and it allows more efficient acceleration of escaping particles to slightly higher energies compared to the co-rotating disk.

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