Eventually,
as the black hole evaporated perhaps a trillion trillion trillion trillion years later (astronauts in thought experiments have remarkable longevity), the astronaut outside the black hole would see the Hawking radiation associated with the infalling particle.
As black holes evaporate, they release particles that may carry more information than we thought, so black holes may not break the laws of physics after all
Not exact matches
That fact implies a conundrum known
as the
black hole information paradox (SN: 5/31/14, p. 16): When the
black hole evaporates, where does the information go?
Physicist Stephen Hawking determined in 1974 that
black holes slowly
evaporate over time, emitting what's known
as Hawking radiation before eventually disappearing.
Some of the most exotic objects in physics, such
as evaporating black holes, cosmic strings and even possible extra dimensions, would induce gravitational waves at much higher frequencies than we can currently detect.
That process, now known
as Hawking radiation, explains why we do not have to fear any mini
black holes created by the Large Hadron Collider; they would «
evaporate» into radiation almost instantly.
«Passengers on a spaceship would like some guarantee that when they fall into this
black hole and get smooshed into the singularity, they can be recreated
as it
evaporates,» Lloyd told New Scientist.
The calculation touches on one of the biggest mysteries in physics: how all of the information trapped in a
black hole leaks out
as the
black hole «
evaporates.»
The discovery could potentially provide a way to test Stephen Hawking's prediction that a real
black hole should slowly
evaporate as it emits radiation generated in the quantum turmoil at its event horizon.
But
black holes slowly
evaporate as they leak Hawking radiation into space.
But
as a
black hole radiates Hawking radiation, it slowly
evaporates until it eventually vanishes.
If Hawking is right (and for the sake of those who fear the LHC might spawn a planet - devouring mini
black hole, he'd better be), those
black holes would
evaporate almost
as soon
as they appeared.
As a result, existing stars will gradually burn out, leaving only black holes which, in turn, slowly evaporate away as space itself gets colder and colde
As a result, existing stars will gradually burn out, leaving only
black holes which, in turn, slowly
evaporate away
as space itself gets colder and colde
as space itself gets colder and colder.
That's what some physicists have argued for years: That
black holes are the ultimate vaults, entities that suck in information and then
evaporate without leaving behind any clues
as to what they once contained.