What events occur inside a black hole?

In summary, Person A is sucked into a black hole while Person B is outside the event horizon. Person B will see that A has disappeared due to the lights (image) of A being sucked into the black hole. B will also see that A will continue moving more and more slowly as A approaches the event horizon. However,Person A will still see the image of B because the lights (image) of B is being sucked into the black hole.
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F1225
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As we know, the gravitational pull of the black hole is too strong, not even light can escape from it...


Let me assume 2 person: A and B
A is sucked into a black hole while B is outside the event horizon...
At first, B will notice that A has disappeared due to the lights(image) of A is sucked by the black hole...
On the other hand, A will still see the image of B because the lights(image) of B is being sucked into the black hole.

What this all mean? Do this event relates to relativity which both of them are in different inertial frame causing things which they observed to differs?


Thanks for spending your time reading the entire post...*(it's quite long)...haha :tongue:
 
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F1225 said:
As we know, the gravitational pull of the black hole is too strong, not even light can escape from it...Let me assume 2 person: A and B
A is sucked into a black hole while B is outside the event horizon...
At first, B will notice that A has disappeared due to the lights(image) of A is sucked by the black hole...
On the other hand, A will still see the image of B because the lights(image) of B is being sucked into the black hole.

What this all mean? Do this event relates to relativity which both of them are in different inertial frame causing things which they observed to differs?

Person B will NOT see A sucked into the black hole, he will see A move more and more slowly as A approaches the event horizon of the BH. That isn't what actually happen to A of course, but it is what B will see. A will just continue on through the EH as though it were not there.

You are correct that A will continue to see B, even after A passes the event horizon
 
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jedishrfu said:
my understanding is that A will appear to hover on the event horizon and will never be observed falling in. From A's perspective though, A will pass the event horizon and continue the fall being stretched out like taffy due to gravitational tidal effects.

Well, that's not what you said in your original post, thus my answer.

The sphagettification may occur either inside or outside the BH, depending on its size.
 
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phinds said:
Well, that's not what you said in your original post, thus my answer.

The sphagettification may occur either inside or outside the BH, depending on its size.

I'm confused who are you talking about, I only posted once. ?
 
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jedishrfu said:
I'm confused who are you talking about, I only posted once. ?

DOH ! Sorry about that. I clearly wasn't paying attention and though you were the OP again.
 
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phinds said:
DOH ! Sorry about that. I clearly wasn't paying attention and though you were the OP again.

NP, I thought one of us had fallen into that black hole and I wasnt sure which one.
 
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No events occur inside a black hole because black holes don't have an interior.
 
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ahhaha said:
No events occur inside a black hole because black holes don't have an interior.

You are right (according to most theories) but the term "inside a black hole" normally just means "inside the event horizon".
 
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"inside the event horizon" can't be made rigorous, if only because the notion of event horizon( assuming it can be made rigorous) is no more rigorous than the notion of BH interior since an event horizon is an asymptotic limit of future null infinity. In the usual OpSnyVolk representation of Schwarz that's where the radial coordinate magically turns into the temporal coordinate. At that point you don't know where you are! Next to nonsense, or in it?
 
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ahhaha said:
"inside the event horizon" can't be made rigorous, if only because the notion of event horizon( assuming it can be made rigorous) is no more rigorous than the notion of BH interior since an event horizon is an asymptotic limit of future null infinity. In the usual OpSnyVolk representation of Schwarz that's where the radial coordinate magically turns into the temporal coordinate. At that point you don't know where you are! Next to nonsense, or in it?
This is incorrect. Inside the event horizon can easily be made rigorous. E.g. The region without a timelike killing vector.

Also, there are several coordinate charts that are well behaved at the EH, so the failure of one is clearly a problem with those coordinates, not the EH itself.
 
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Your "region" can't be well defined since its domain is rest of universe. A singularity or BH can only make sense when it's approached from asymptotic spatial infinity and an effective approach may not be complete in the assumed metric. So I would ask you where in the approach is the path without timelike vector?
 
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ahhaha said:
Your "region" can't be well defined since its domain is rest of universe. A singularity or BH can only make sense when it's approached from asymptotic spatial infinity and an effective approach may not be complete in the assumed metric.

Yes, an effective approach may not be possible in some metrics, but the Schwarzschild metric solution to the Einstein field equations isn't one of these. You just have to transform from the Schwarzschild coordinates to some other coordinates that are better-behaved at the event horizon.

So I would ask you where in the approach is the path without timelike vector?
Dalespam didn't say "without a timelike vector", he said "without a timelike Killing vector". There's no shortage of timelike vectors at and inside the event horizon. The lack of a timelike Killing vector just means that there exists no coordinate system in which the metric components can be independent of time - not too surprising because all timelike geodesics converge on the central singularity.
 
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ahhaha said:
Your "region" can't be well defined since its domain is rest of universe. A singularity or BH can only make sense when it's approached from asymptotic spatial infinity
This is a complete non-sequitor. What do the size of a domain or required approaches have to do with being well-defined? Well defined means only that it has a definition which is unambiguous, not any of the unrelated concepts you are trying to bring in. The term "inside the EH" is well defined.


ahhaha said:
and an effective approach may not be complete in the assumed metric. So I would ask you where in the approach is the path without timelike vector?
I don't know what you are trying to say here.
 

1. What is a black hole?

A black hole is a region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it. This is due to the immense amount of mass compacted into a small space, which creates a strong gravitational force.

2. What happens inside a black hole?

Inside a black hole, the gravitational force is so strong that it causes space and time to become distorted. This creates a region called the event horizon, which marks the point of no return for anything that enters the black hole. Beyond the event horizon, the laws of physics as we know them break down and we are unable to observe or understand what happens.

3. Can anything escape from a black hole?

No, once something crosses the event horizon and enters a black hole, it cannot escape. This is because the gravitational pull is so strong that even light, which travels at the fastest speed in the universe, cannot escape from a black hole.

4. Do black holes have an end or do they go on forever?

It is currently unknown whether black holes have an end or if they go on forever. The current understanding is that they continue to grow as they consume more matter, but it is possible that they could eventually evaporate due to a process called Hawking radiation.

5. Can we observe events inside a black hole?

No, we cannot observe events inside a black hole because the strong gravitational force prevents anything, including light, from escaping. However, scientists can study the effects of black holes on their surroundings, such as the way they distort light or cause objects to orbit around them, to gain a better understanding of their properties.

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