Injector: Black Hole
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This paper proposes a novel propulsion concept, the Black Hole Injector (BHI), which utilizes a primordial or artificially generated microscopic black hole (BH) as a catalyst for complete mass-to-energy conversion. Unlike conventional matter-antimatter engines, the BHI operates by injecting baryonic matter into a stable, electrically charged, rotating black hole (Kerr-Newman metric). Through Hawking radiation and superradiant scattering, the BH re-emits up to ~40% of the injected rest mass as directed high-energy gamma rays and relativistic plasma jets. We derive the thermodynamic limits, stability criteria (the "sphericity constraint" to avoid runaway evaporation), and a theoretical specific impulse (I_sp > 10^7 , s). The BHI circumvents the antimatter storage problem by using ordinary hydrogen as fuel. We conclude with a feasibility analysis of containment using nested magnetic and gravitational shields. black hole injector
For a BH of mass ( M ), the Hawking luminosity is: [ P_\textH = \frac\hbar c^615360 \pi G^2 M^2 \approx 3.6 \times 10^32 \left( \frac10^6 \textkgM \right)^2 \textW ] [1] Hawking, S