2022/05/03 by Decheng Ma, Ma, Decheng, Enrique Solano +5
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #gr-qc #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2205.01454
8 pages
arxiv created 2022/05/03 · arxiv updated 2022/05/04
Analogue gravity stands today as an important tool for the investigation of gravitational phenomena that would be otherwise out of reach considering our technology. We consider here the analogue Penrose process in a rotating acoustic black hole based on a quantum fluid described by the draining bathtub model. Because of the rotating nature of this acoustic spacetime, a particle, that is a phonon travelling on the quantum fluid, will experience the well known frame dragging effect. By defining the effective Komar mass and angular momentum of this acoustic black hole, we found that energy can be extracted from it. At the same time, we show that the black hole angular momentum and mass are reduced, in complete analogy with the Penrose effect.