Force-free magnetospheres of black holes and neutron stars

CARRASCO, FEDERICO

Córdoba

Conferencia; GRAV 19; 2019

Force-free electrodynamics describes a particular regime of magnetically dominated relativistic plasmas, which arises on several astrophysical scenarios of interest such as pulsars or active galactic nuclei. In this talk, I will present results from GR3D force-free simulations on a variety of astrophysical settings: (i) energy extraction from spinning black holes (AGNs) and neutron stars (pulsars); (ii) jets from compact objects moving through a magnetized plasma; (iii) outburst activity from twisted magnetic footprints in magnetars.