Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977sciam.236...34h&link_type=abstract
Scientific American, vol. 236, Jan. 1977, p. 34-40.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Black Holes (Astronomy), Gravitation Theory, Gravitational Collapse, Quantum Mechanics, Space-Time Functions, Thermodynamics, Astrophysics, Big Bang Cosmology, Cerenkov Counters, Earth Atmosphere, Escape Velocity, Relativity, Schwarzschild Metric, Thermal Radiation, Tunneling
Scientific paper
An attempt is made to reconcile the physics of black holes (BH) with quantum mechanics and thermodynamics, with an eye on development of a consistent quantum theory of gravitation. Evaporation of BH and cosmic explosions accompanying such an event, tunneling of particles out of BH of different sizes, separation of a real/virtual particle pair with one member falling into the BH and the other repelled from the BH and appearing to radiate from the BH, and the entropy of a BH come under discussion. A BH is capable of 'remembering' only those properties of particles it ingests that are coupled to long-range fields: electric charge, angular momentum, and mass. Use of the earth's atmosphere as a Cherenkov detector of evaporating BH is conjectured.
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