Hawking theory?

Question

Can anyone describe this to me in terms that a half an idiot like me could understand?

Answer 1

You start with a deep breath. Next you force it up through your throat all at once. This should result in hawking up something.

Answer 2

Interesting, but try it simple....

What happens in a black hole - a region in space where matter is compressed to such an extent that not even light can escape from their immense gravitational pull

They initially posited theories that the holes were like a cosmic vacuum cleaner, sucking up everything in their path.

Hawking revolutionised the study of the holes when he demonstrated in 1976 that, under the strange rules of quantum physics, black holes are capable of radiating energy (Hawking radiation) which can thermally create & emit subatomic particle.

He calculated that once black holes form they effectively start to "evaporate" away, radiating energy and losing mass in the process.

According to current theory, Hawking radiation contains no information about the matter inside a black hole, and once the black hole has evaporated, all the information within it is lost.

However this conflicts with a central tenet of quantum physics, which says that such information can never be completely wiped out.

Hawking admits recapturing the information had important philosophical and practical consequences.

Answer 3

Not that I'm any sharper than any other knife in the drawer, still. I'll give it a shot.

Hawking's original theory, developed in the early 80s, suggested that matter entering a black hole ceased to exist. This, of course, defies Newton's statement that matter is neither created nor destroyed.

Hawking has recently amended this theory, saying that matter entering a black hole may possibly exit in an alternate universe, thus putting the total amount of matter into balance.

The whole ball of wax is explained (well, mostly) in M Theory, which has recently supplanted String Theory.

It's all terribly confusing..and fascinating.

See what you can find on M Theory; I wouldn't dream of suggesting a site for you, as you almost certainly know more than I do on this topic!

Answer 4

Hi. Hawking tries to explain in math terms what the environment near a black hole should be like. Intense heat, non-understandable time effects, more gravity than can exist without damaging the surrounding space. Hawking radiation, named for him, is due to some of the effects near a black hole. Kind of complicated with virtual particles popping out of nowhere and having some captured and some escape.

Answer 5

Read his books.....a breif time in histry is pretty like the dummy book...it was prettty easy to understand.

Answer 6

its the idea that tiny particles are radiated by black holes as they get smaller