Hawking radiation
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Hawking radiation is the theoretical blackbody radiation predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects near the event horizon, causing them to lose mass and eventually evaporate.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
blackbody radiation
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physical phenomenon → quantum effect near event horizon → theoretical prediction → |
| causes |
black hole evaporation
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black hole mass loss → |
| conserves |
energy overall
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| describedBy |
Stephen Hawking
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| detectionDifficulty |
extremely low temperature for stellar-mass black holes
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| emissionRegion |
near the event horizon
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| emittedBy |
black holes
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| field |
black hole physics
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general relativity → quantum field theory in curved spacetime → quantum gravity → theoretical physics → |
| hasCause |
curved spacetime effects on quantum fields
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pair production near event horizon → quantum vacuum fluctuations near event horizon → |
| hasEffect |
decrease of black hole event horizon area
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finite lifetime of black holes → increase of black hole temperature as mass decreases → information loss paradox → thermal particle emission spectrum → violation of classical area theorem → |
| hasMathematicalDescription |
Bogoliubov transformations between in and out states
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quantum field modes on Schwarzschild background → |
| implies |
black holes have entropy
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black holes have temperature → |
| lifetimeImplication |
primordial black holes could evaporate within age of universe
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small black holes evaporate faster → |
| modeledAs |
particle emission to infinity
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| namedAfter |
Stephen Hawking
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| powerInverselyProportionalTo |
square of black hole mass
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| predictedBy |
semi-classical gravity
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| publicationYear |
1974
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| radiationType |
blackbody spectrum
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thermal radiation → |
| relatedTo |
Bekenstein–Hawking entropy
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Page curve → Unruh effect → black hole thermodynamics → information loss paradox → quantum field theory in curved spacetime → |
| status |
not yet directly observed
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| supports |
view of black holes as thermodynamic objects
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| temperatureInverselyProportionalTo |
black hole mass
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| temperatureOrderOfMagnitude |
10^-8 kelvin for solar-mass black hole
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| temperatureProportionalTo |
surface gravity of the black hole
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| violates |
classical notion that nothing escapes a black hole
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Gibbons–Hawking temperature
("Hawking temperature")
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analogousTo |
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Penrose process for energy extraction
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contrastWith |
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Kerr–Newman black hole
("Hawking temperature")
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hasThermodynamicProperty |
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Stephen Hawking
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knownFor |
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Gibbons–Hawking temperature
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relatedTo |
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Bekenstein–Hawking entropy
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relatesTo |
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
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topic |