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The Blandford-Znajek process and variants are leading contenders for explaining black hole jets. The driving energy for the jets is extracted from the black hole spin and transferred to the outgoing plasma by twisted magnetic fields. Along with energy, the jets must contain the lost angular momentum from the black hole, which then ultimately comes from material being accreted from the disk.

Thus I would expect that the angular momentum vector in the jets (in both directions) is in the same sense as the black hole angular momentum. i.e. the material spirals away from the black hole in the same sense in both directions. e.g. If the black hole spins clockwise looking down on its "north rotation pole", then the angular momentum vector points south. Material travelling towards you and away from you will also spin clockwise.

See also models for astrophysical relativistic jets from compact objects and Why are polar jets emitted along the axis of rotation?

The Blandford-Znajek process and variants are leading contenders for explaining black hole jets. The driving energy for the jets is extracted from the black hole spin and transferred to the outgoing plasma by twisted magnetic fields. Along with energy, the jets must contain the lost angular momentum from the black hole, which then ultimately comes from material being accreted from the disk.

Thus I would expect that the angular momentum vector in the jets (in both directions) is in the same sense as the black hole angular momentum. i.e. the material spirals away from the black hole in the same sense in both directions. e.g. If the black hole spins clockwise looking down on its "north rotation pole", then the angular momentum vector points south. Material travelling towards you and away from you will also spin clockwise.

See also models for astrophysical relativistic jets from compact objects and Why are polar jets emitted along the axis of rotation?

The Blandford-Znajek process and variants are leading contenders for explaining black hole jets. The driving energy for the jets is extracted from the black hole spin and transferred to the outgoing plasma by twisted magnetic fields. Along with energy, the jets must contain the lost angular momentum from the black hole, which then ultimately comes from material being accreted from the disk.

Thus I would expect that the angular momentum vector in the jets (in both direction) is in the same sense as the black hole angular momentum. i.e. the material spirals away from the black hole in the same sense in both directions. e.g. If the black hole spins clockwise looking down on its "north rotation pole", then the angular momentum vector points south. Material travelling towards you and away from you will also spin clockwise.

See also models for astrophysical relativistic jets from compact objects and Why are polar jets emitted along the axis of rotation?

The Blandford-Znajek process and variants are leading contenders for explaining black hole jets. The driving energy for the jets is extracted from the black hole spin and transferred to the outgoing plasma by twisted magnetic fields. Along with energy, the jets must contain the lost angular momentum from the black hole, which then ultimately comes from material being accreted from the disk.

Thus I would expect that the angular momentum vector in the jets (in both directions) is in the same sense as the black hole angular momentum. i.e. the material spirals away from the black hole in the same sense in both directions. e.g. If the black hole spins clockwise looking down on its "north rotation pole", then the angular momentum vector points south. Material travelling towards you and away from you will also spin clockwise.

See also models for astrophysical relativistic jets from compact objects and Why are polar jets emitted along the axis of rotation?

The Blandford-Znajek process and variants are leading contenders for explaining black hole jets. The driving energy for the jets is extracted from the black hole spin and transferred to the outgoing plasma by twisted magnetic fields. Along with energy, the jets must contain the lost angular momentum from the black hole, which then ultimately comes from material being accreted from the disk.

Thus I would expect that the angular momentum vector in the jets (in both direction) is in the same sense as the black hole angular momentum. i.e. the material spirals away from the black hole in the same sense in both directions. e.g. If the black hole spins clockwise looking down on its "north rotation pole", then the angular momentum vector points south. Material travelling towards you and away from you will also spin clockwise.

The Blandford-Znajek process and variants are leading contenders for explaining black hole jets. The driving energy for the jets is extracted from the black hole spin and transferred to the outgoing plasma by twisted magnetic fields. Along with energy, the jets must contain the lost angular momentum from the black hole, which then ultimately comes from material being accreted from the disk.

Thus I would expect that the angular momentum vector in the jets (in both direction) is in the same sense as the black hole angular momentum. i.e. the material spirals away from the black hole in the same sense in both directions. e.g. If the black hole spins clockwise looking down on its "north rotation pole", then the angular momentum vector points south. Material travelling towards you and away from you will also spin clockwise.

See also models for astrophysical relativistic jets from compact objects and Why are polar jets emitted along the axis of rotation?