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Chapter8Blackholesandspin-offs

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Blackholesdon'tjustsuck

IfoureyescouldobservetheskyatradiooratX-raywavelengths,wewouldseethatsomegalaxiesarestraddledbyvastballoonsorlobesofplasma.Thisplasmaschargedparticlesthatmoveatspeedsclosetothespeedoflightandradiatepowerfullyacreofwavelengths.Theplasmalobesexhibitedbysomeofthesegalaxies(examplesofactivegalaxies')arecreatedbyjets,travellingatspeedssofastthattheyareparablewiththespeedoflight,thataresquirtedoutfromtheimmediatesurroundingsofablackhole,outsideitseventherPenroseshowediermshowextraofthespinenergyofablaitserghtbepossibleinprinciple.RogerBlandfordandRomanZnajekhaveshowlyhowtheeoredinaspinningblackholecouldactuallybetraoeledmagherebyprovidethepowertoproducetheserelativistia.Therearealsootherexplanationsforthemeismbywhichjetsarelaunnearblackholes.However,whichoftheseiscorrectisthesubjectofadexgtresearch.

&hemeism(s)turnouttobe,thesejetsarehighlyfoatedflowsejetheviityoftheblackhole,butofcourseoutsidetheeventhoriziowee,iyspasteadtheyarefilledwithaverydiffuseaermedtheiicmediuWhesimpiergalacticmedium,shockwavesformwithinwhichspectacularparticleacodtheenergizedplasmawhiatedifromheblackholebillowsupandflowsoutoftheimmediateshion.Astheplasmaexpands,itimpartsenormousquantitiesytotheiicmediuTherearemanyiheseplasmajetsextendingovermillionsoflight-years.Thusblackholeshavetremendousiylightyearsbeyohorizons.Inthischapter,Iwilldescribetheierasofblackholesonandwiththeirsurroundings.

AsdisChapter6,atthetreof(probably)mostgalaxiesisablackhole,ontowhichmatteraccretes,givioemissioromagicradiation.Suchgalaxiesarecalledactivegalaxies.Ihesegalaxies,theprocessofaisextremelyeffedtheresultingemissionofradiatioremelyluminous.Suchgalaxiesarecalledquasars(atermwhichderivesfriionasquasi-stellarradiosources',vastlydistant,highlyluminouspointsofradioemission).WehatquasarsarethesitesofthemostpowerfulsustainedenergyreleaseknownintheUniverse.Quasarsradiateenergyacrossalloftheeleagrum,fromlohradiowaves,throughoptical(visual)wavelengths,toX-raysaheradiolobes,mentionedabove,beespeciallydramaticbecausetheyextendacrossdistancesofoverhuhousandsoflight-years(seeFigure19).Theenergyradiatedatradiowavelengthsarisesfromthelobes-reservoirsizedplasma,poweredbyjetsthattranspyovervastdistanspace.Highlyerons(highlyeicheremearemelyclosetothespeedoflight)experienceforcesacrosstheirdireoftravelfromtheambieicfieldsthatpervadetheplasmalobeswithinwhichtheyaretravelling.

19.Thisisaradioimageofagiantquasar,spanningoveronemillionlight-yearsi.

Thisaccausesthemtoemitphotonsofradiation(whichmayberadihlyeashthsstill,allthetoX-rays)knownassynradiation.

Togiveasehescaleofthepowerproducedbyquasars,siderthefollowiheLEDsbywhoselightIamoweroutputoftenwatts.Theyareillumiyfrommylocalpowerstationwhichproducesafewbillionwatts(abillionwattsis109wattsawatt).TheSunoutputsabout4x1026watts,morethanahundredmillionbilliofromthispowerstatialaxy,theMilkyWay,orethanahundredbillionstars,anditspoweroutputisapproag1037watts.ButthepowerproducedbyaquasarextheGalacticpoweroutputbymorethanafaber,thispemittednotbyagalaxyofonehundredbillionstarsbutbytheprocessesgoingonaroundasingleblackhole.Suchradiationcoulddosiderabledamagetothehealthofliviureshereoh,soitisjustaswellforusthattherearenoexamplesofsuchpowerfulquasarstalaxy!

&sinquasarsarethoughttopersistforabillionyearsorless,aatesofthespeedatwhichtheseobjects'jetsgrowasofthesizetheyhavegrownoutto.Asimplerelatioweeimeaherefivesaguidetothelikelyduratioyinthequasarsthatareobservedacrosstheos.

Astheseradio-emittiheirmagicfieldsweakenasdotheinternal&#iesoftheindividualelethelobes.Thesetwoeffectsservetodimiyoftheradiationwithtimeandwithdistaheblackhole;howdramaticallythisiyfallsoffdependsonhowmanyhighlyeronsthereareparedwithhowmaiesthereare.It'sapropertyofsynradiatiohemagrengthis,themetictheeleeedtobetoproducetheradiationatthewavelengththatyourradiotelescopeistu.Thispoundsthediminishironradiationastheplasmalobesexpandintoouterspalydotheeleslyastheplasmaexpands,butbecausethemagrengthisweakening,lyeroowhatisobservedbyyourtelesd,veryoftelyfewerofthesethahelyeleyway.Asfarasradiolobesofquasarsareed,thelightsgooutreallyquiterapidly.

Theshowisn'tover,butthespeoveovertoadifferentwavebaherremarkablehappens:thelobeslightupinX-rays.Thishappensviaasgproasi.Inthepresenceofasuffitlylargemagrosynradiationandtherebyly.AnothermeismoflythatisrelevanttoourdisherehappeioronswithphotonsthatprisetheicrowaveBaB),theradiationthatisleftoverfromtheBigBangandwhitlybathestheUniverseinaicrowaveglow.Itispossibleforsueletocollidehotohatthephotonendsupwithalythanithadbeforethearonendsupwithalotlessehanithadbeforethe(energyisservedoverall,remember).Ofpartiterestisthatwhentheeherapidlymovirooamereohousaheenergyofarest(havingpreviouslybeehousandtimeshigherthanthis)theirenergiesareperfectlymatchedsothattheywillupscattersintotheX-rayphotoioiwithalyphotontoyieldahigh-eoanalogoustothesituationihewhitecueball(imagihisisarohoheredsnookerballs(forthepurposesofthisillustrationpleaseoverlookthefactthatthisballisn'tmovingatthespeedoflight!)andtheredballgainsalyattheexpehecueball.efully)theredballendsupihepothesable,thephoton(whiallyhadawavelengthofaboutamillimetre)acquiresaboutonemilliontimesasmuergyasithadbeforethesothatitswavelengthbeillioer.

Thedrasatellite,launASAin1999,isseoX-raywavelengthsandinfadeteb-belllobesintheX-raysjustasaradiotelesdetectthesedoublestructuresatgths.Figures20and21showindoublestructuresobservedatradiowavelengthsandingreysthedoublestruX-rays.

Infactifwewereabletomonitorthelifecyeofthesequasarsthroughoutalltheseeves(analogouslytohowabiologistmightobservethelifecyclefrspaoles,totadpoleswithlittlelegs,tolittlefrogswithstumpytails,tsts)wewouldobserveathedoublestructuresbeingradiantatradiowavelengthstobeinginglydominantintheX-rayregion.Firsttheradiostructureswouldfadebeyoytheructureswouldfadebeyoy.Ofcourse,ifthejetsweretore-start,forexampleiftheblackhetmorefuel,theswouldfuelnewradio-emittingdoublelobesandtheinglobesagain.AswehaveseeninFigures20and21,insomequasarsweseeboththeradioandtheX-raydoublestructuresatthesametimebutinothers,oheure22).InaarkablecasesweseetheX-raydoublestructuredingtoapreviousinofjetactivity,butalsosomenewradioactivity,atadifferentahediregwhichtheoppositely-directedjetsarelaunchedhasswungrouhaspreexampleofthisphenomenonisseeninFigure21.

20.Thisgiantquasarishalfamillionlight-yearsi,andhasadouble-lobestructureatbothradio(shownastourlines)andX-ray(showningreyscale)wavelengths.

&eadihejetaxisofmanyquasarsandradiogalaxiesisapoihesteadihespinofthesupermassiveblackhole,aglikeagyroscope.Whysomeofthesejetaxesshouldpreototherswillbeansediscoverwhattrolstheangularmomehelauneartheblackhole.Whetherthisisthespinaxisoftheblackholeitself,orwhetheritistheangularmomeheioftheadispoundednodoubtbytheLehirringorBardeeersosImentionedinChapters3aively,isdmoredataarerequiredtofullyelucidatetheobservedbehaviour.But,thereareallerobjectsethatmaysuggestthatthepreofjetaxesiseverythingtodowiththeadisc'sangularmomentu

21.Thedouble-lobestructureobservedinthisquasaratradiowavelengths[tours]showiactivitytobediffereedfromthatshowingatX-rayenergies[greyscale](therelirevealedbyiofs)suggestingthatthejetaxismayhaveprecessedasthejetaxesinmicroquasarsdo.

22.ThisisanX-rayimageandshowsthedouble-lobestructurestraddlingthisgalaxywhilydetectableatX-raywavelengths.

Microquasars

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