Alternate Definitions for Penrose process

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Term: Penrose process
Definition:

A hypothetical means of extracting energy from a rotating black hole. If a particle spirals into the ergosphere of a black hole in a direction counter to the rotation of the black hole, and if the particle then breaks up into two fragments inside the ergosphere, one of the fragments can escape with energy greater than the energy of the original particle.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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