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| − | '''''Black Holes''''' are possibly the most interesting objects in the universe, for their extreme distortion of spacetime and their ability to do so while remaining extremely fundamental entities (almost like elementary particles), fully described by three parameters only: their mass $M$, their charge and their angular momentum (spin). | + | '''''Black Holes''''' are possibly the most interesting objects in the universe, for their extreme distortion of spacetime and their ability to do so while remaining extremely fundamental entities (almost like elementary particles), fully described by three parameters only: their mass $M$, their charge and their angular momentum (spin). This allows them to be described quite accurately by the equations of [[General Relativity]]. |
| − | They are discussed in more detail in Lecture 23 of my [[Modern Physics]] course of the [[Wolverhampton Lectures of Physics]]. | + | <center><wz tip="A rendition (simulation) by Alessandro Roussel. Black holes are very pretty on both sides of their event horizon, even though nobody knows for sure what they look like.">[[File:Screenshot_20231220_203328.png|750px]]</wz></center> |
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| + | They are discussed in more detail in Lecture 23 of my [[Modern Physics]] course of the [[Wolverhampton Lectures of Physics]] as well as in my [[The_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_2020|Nobel Prize Lecture for 2020]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:38, 20 December 2023
Black Hole
Black Holes are possibly the most interesting objects in the universe, for their extreme distortion of spacetime and their ability to do so while remaining extremely fundamental entities (almost like elementary particles), fully described by three parameters only: their mass $M$, their charge and their angular momentum (spin). This allows them to be described quite accurately by the equations of General Relativity.
They are discussed in more detail in Lecture 23 of my Modern Physics course of the Wolverhampton Lectures of Physics as well as in my Nobel Prize Lecture for 2020.
Links
- Exploring Black Holes free to download, by Taylor and Wheeler.
- What would we see if we fell into a Black Hole? (maybe the most accurate simulation, by Alessandro Roussel).
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