Etymology

BZ black hole

Today it means: A rotating black hole that extracts energy from its rotation and magnetic fields to emit a jet of particles and radiation. Full definition →

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The story

An initialism of Roger Blandford and Roman Znajek, theoretical astrophysicists.

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