Hawking Radiation

PBS Space Time · 1.3M views · 2018-03-15 · 12:06

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Overview

PBS Space Time explains Stephen Hawking's prediction of Hawking radiation and how black holes can emit radiation and slowly evaporate. It goes beyond the common particle-antiparticle analogy.

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Recommended as an accessible and correct explanation of Hawking radiation for non-physicists.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2019–2024

Topics

Cosmology & astrophysics Quantum physics

What people said

chasd00 · 2019-08 · Strong recommendation
man, watch the PBS YouTube channel SpaceTime. They're short, informative, and very well done. they dedicate a handful of episodes to getting you ready for Hawking radiation. [VIDEO]
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nocturnial · 2019-04 · Recommendation
The particle-antiparticle explanation is just an analogy and doesn't really cover what actually happens. I thought this video from PBS Space Time explains it really well while keeping it accessible for non-physicists: [VIDEO]
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InclinedPlane · 2019-01 · Recommendation
There's lots of different ways to approach explaining the phenomenon of hawking radiation, PBS space time does a good job here: [VIDEO] Ultimately, hawking radiation does not come from within the event horizon, so it can escape into the wider universe.
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