Tom G Mackay et al 2005 New J. Phys. 7 171 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/171
Electromagnetic negative-phase-velocity propagation in the ergosphere of a rotating black hole
Tom G Mackay1,4, Akhlesh Lakhtakia2,3,4 and Sandi Setiawan1
Show affiliationsWe report on the occurrence of negative-phase-velocity (NPV) planewave propagation in the ergosphere of a rotating black hole. By implementing the Kerr metric, it is demonstrated that regions of NPV propagation are concentrated at the equator of the ergosphere, while NPV propagation is less common towards the polar regions. Increasing the angular velocity of the black hole exaggerates the NPV concentration at the equator. NPV propagation is not observed outside the stationary limit surface.
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41.20.Jb Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation
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Issue 1 (August 2005)
Received 22 April 2005
Published 18 August 2005
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Electromagnetic negative-phase-velocity propagation in the ergosphere of a rotating black hole
Tom G Mackay et al 2005 New J. Phys. 7 171
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