Black Holes

What are they? Why do they exist?

General Relativity
Einstein's theory of gravitation (1916) The curvature of space-time Matter is distributed throughout space-time Describes gravity as the bending of space-time

Application to Black Holes

Space-time can curve so much that even a beam of light can be trapped Singularity- Space-time bends at an infinite amount The singularity of a black hole infinite gra vity

Basic Laws of Black Holes

Believed to form when a massive star dies Distortion of space, time, and light No normal force inside of a black hole Entropy is proportional to surface area not volume

Event Horizons
The edge of a black hole Even light can't over come it Time dilation occurs

Finding Black Holes

Event Horizon Telescope Difficult to capture an image of a black hole A dark large mass in the sky

Hawking's Radiation
Principles of Quantum Physics One part of a particle pair is consumed and one is released Consumed particle - negative energy Reduces the mass of the black hole due to thermal energy

Black Hole Theories

Compression of matter from three to two dimensional Holographic Principle-Gerardust Hooft, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize Beyond the singularity lies different space-time Time Travel in Black Holes