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Black hole GHM is essentially plasma physics in the magnetosphere near a black hole. Consequently, a deep understanding of plasmas in a relativistic context is essential before delineating the particulars on a black hole background. In a plasma-filled magnetosphere, information can be transmitted from one region to another only by means of the modes of propagation allowed by the plasma state. For example, a plasma distribution in the ergosphere can induce currents to flow in a wind far from the hole if, and only if, a wave packet carrying the appropriate information requiring the current flow is transmitted from the ergospheric plasma and received by the wind plasma far from the hole. The relativistic structure of plasma waves is the prime emphasis of this chapter.
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Punsly, B. (2001). Relativistic Plasma Physics. In: Black Hole Gravitohydromagnetics. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04409-4_2
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