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Episode 6: Hawking radiation
Today’s episode is about some of the more theoretical aspects of black holes, as compared to the astrophysical focus of Ep.5. The point of this week’s Episode 6 is to introduce for interested viewers the concept of Hawking radiation, invented … Continue reading
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Episode 5: black holes
Note: sorry this episode is late. Right now it’s grant application silly-season at the university, and I’m (appropriately) extremely preoccupied with that task. I find writing grant applications the least pleasant responsibility of all as a researcher, because it’s political, … Continue reading
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Tagged BlackHoles, escapevelocity, gravitationalcollapse, horizon, singularity, stellarevolution
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