The Role of Space-Time Curvature in the Study of Plasma Processes near Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Abstract

As neutron stars and black holes are very compact massive objects with possibly high magnetic fields, their surrounding space-time curvature should be treated important while considering plasma processes for explaining radiation emission nearby such objects. In this essay, we make a case for considering plasma processes on curved geometry (general relativistic framework), through considering detailed orbits of charged particles in ellectromagnetic fields on Schwarzschild and Kerr background