10 Questions
The entropy of a non-collapsed star like the Sun is approximately:
$10^{58}$ kB
According to the 'no hair' theorem, black holes are:
Huge entropy reservoirs
Hawking radiation causes the irreducible mass or event horizon area of a black hole to:
Decrease
The Second Law of black hole mechanics needs to be generalized to include:
The entropy of matter in exterior space-time
The Hawking radiation is:
Thermal
The total entropy of a radiating black hole is given by:
$S = S_{BH} + S_{ext}$
Mini-black holes represent a major theoretical advance towards a better understanding of:
The link between gravity and quantum theory
The Schwarzschild metric describes the space-time generated by:
A spherical mass
In the Schwarzschild metric, $M(r)$ represents:
The mass comprised within the radius $r$
The embedding diagram technique allows the geometer to:
Visualize the complex space-time structure generated by black holes
Test your knowledge on black hole radiation and the thermodynamical analogy used to characterize the blackbody temperature of a black hole. Explore how the gravitational potential polarizes the quantum vacuum leading to the dominant process II in black hole emissions.
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