Penrose process
Proceso Penrose
- Date
- 1969 · confidence high
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Roger Penrose
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A mechanism theorised by Roger Penrose for extracting energy from a rotating black hole by exploiting the ergosphere, where spacetime itself is dragged faster than light.
What it led to
- Theoretical basis for the Blandford-Znajek process behind relativistic jets
- Study of black-hole thermodynamics and extractable energy
- A reference point for astrophysical models of active galactic nuclei
- Renewed research into the ergosphere and black-hole rotation