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From what I understand, Hawking radiation results when one virtual particle (of the pair) falls into the black hole while the other escapes...
See I understand why the virtual particles don't come back together - because one is created beyond the horizon while the other is not.
But how does this process make the black hole LOSE mass? it seems like a particle is flying into the black hole increasing its mass. only thing i can think of is that the particle which flies into the black hole is anti-matter and therefore cancels out a particle of matter inside the black hole... and then my question becomes why does a black hole prefer to eat anti-matter as opposed to the normal-matter particle?
also a side question: are virtual particles simply opposite charges? i see how it makes sense mathematically that (+1) + (-1) = 0... but i don't understand why charge is what mathematically defines the particle... i am under the impression that virtual particles are anti-matter and normal-matter, so that they = 0 which makes more sense to me because the term "anti-matter" sort of implies something intrinsic about the substance that makes it "negative". so yeah. charges? no?
hawking radiation?
thanks,
Jordan
ps: have fun deciphering my layman jargon
See I understand why the virtual particles don't come back together - because one is created beyond the horizon while the other is not.
But how does this process make the black hole LOSE mass? it seems like a particle is flying into the black hole increasing its mass. only thing i can think of is that the particle which flies into the black hole is anti-matter and therefore cancels out a particle of matter inside the black hole... and then my question becomes why does a black hole prefer to eat anti-matter as opposed to the normal-matter particle?
also a side question: are virtual particles simply opposite charges? i see how it makes sense mathematically that (+1) + (-1) = 0... but i don't understand why charge is what mathematically defines the particle... i am under the impression that virtual particles are anti-matter and normal-matter, so that they = 0 which makes more sense to me because the term "anti-matter" sort of implies something intrinsic about the substance that makes it "negative". so yeah. charges? no?
hawking radiation?
thanks,
Jordan
ps: have fun deciphering my layman jargon