Periodicals>Magazine Article: Hawking , Stephen W. (1977), The Quantum Mechanics of Black Holes, Scientific American, 1977, 236, 34-40., Retrieved on 2012-06-04
Folksonomies: quantum mechanics Memes
04 JUN 2012
The Physics of Black Hole Creation
Let me describe briefly how a black hole might be created. Imagine a star with a mass 10 times that of the sun. During most of its lifetime of about a billion years the star will generate heat at its center by converting hydrogen into helium. The energy released will create sufficient pressure to support the star against its own gravity, giving rise to an object with a radius about five times the radius of the sun. The escape velocity from the surface of such a star would be about 1,000 kilom...Folksonomies: physics black hole
Folksonomies: physics black hole
At a point in the star's collapse, it's escape velocity exceeds the speed of light.