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Judi Lynn

(161,925 posts)
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 03:21 PM Apr 2023

Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Started to Glow

Story by Michelle Starr • 12h ago

Asynthetic analog of a black hole could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing.

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Black Hole Illustration In Space
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Using a chain of atoms in single-file to simulate the event horizon of a black hole, a team of physicists observed the equivalent of what we call Hawking radiation – particles born from disturbances in the quantum fluctuations caused by the black hole's break in spacetime.

This, they say, could help resolve the tension between two currently irreconcilable frameworks for describing the Universe: the general theory of relativity, which describes the behavior of gravity as a continuous field known as spacetime; and quantum mechanics, which describes the behavior of discrete particles using the mathematics of probability.

For a unified theory of quantum gravity that can be applied universally, these two immiscible theories need to find a way to somehow get along.

More:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/physicists-simulated-a-black-hole-in-the-lab-and-then-it-started-to-glow/ar-AA19x0Xx

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Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Started to Glow (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2023 OP
Thank you SonofDonald Apr 2023 #1
Uh-oh Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2023 #2
Do not taunt Miguelito Loveless Apr 2023 #3

SonofDonald

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1. Thank you
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 05:15 PM
Apr 2023

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Hermit-The-Prog

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2. Uh-oh
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 05:30 PM
Apr 2023

And then all the black holes in the observable universe noticed the disturbance in the continuum and turned to come to the rescue of the baby black hole.

We'll be hoovered up a billion years before our time, now.

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