2025/08/18 by Haowei Chen, Chen, Haowei, Hengyu Xu +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Charged black hole #Constant (computer programming) #Context (archaeology) #Cosmological constant #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Electric energy #Event horizon #Horizon #Penrose process #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ae8e25
published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (IOP Publishing) · 10pages,12figures
openalex created_date 2025/09/25 · openalex publication_date 2026/07/21 · arxiv created 2026/07/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05 · arxiv updated 2026/08/06
We investigate the electric Penrose process in Ayón-Beato-García (ABG) black holes, both in the presence and absence of a cosmological constant, presenting, to the best of our knowledge, the first such analysis within the context of regular black holes. Our study systematically examines the effects of black hole charge and the cosmological constant on the formation of negative-energy states and the efficiency of energy extraction. Compared to Reissner-Nordström (RN) black holes, ABG black holes exhibit a significantly larger negative-energy region, enabling the electric Penrose process to operate at larger distances from the event horizon and achieve higher energy extraction efficiency. This enhancement is particularly pronounced near the event horizon, where the performance gap widens with increasing black hole charge. Notably, even for astrophysically realistic values of charge and cosmological constant that approach vanishingly small values, distinct differences persist, yielding a maximum efficiency ratio of approximately 23/8. These results suggest that, in realistic astrophysical scenarios, ABG black holes can accelerate charged particles more efficiently and serve as more powerful engines for energy extraction than their RN counterparts.