Penrose process
Mathematics and Physics
noun
A mechanism postulated by Penrose whereby energy can under certain circumstances escape from a black hole.
- Penrose described the process in 1969 (Proc. Florence Inaugural Conf. European Physical Soc. 270/2 in Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 1)..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Physical Review Letters.
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