Singularities Definition and 168 Threads

If black holes suck all matter into a singularity, where does it go and what does it do from there?

Hi. Can Quantum Mechanics explain what happens at the singularity of a black hole? If so, how?

Well as you guys may know, I watch a lot of Star Trek. In the shows, it often referres a Black Hole as a Quantum Singularity. Are these phenomenons actually true and exist or did the Star Trek proudcers use that terminology to make an extra "nerdy" feeling into the show? Well, I so far know...

I have a question ... if atoms cannot be compacted, beyond a certain minute level, how could they exist inside a black hole, and particularly at the 'singularity' point? Does the fact, that atoms cannot be compressed beyond a certain point, suggest falsification of the hypothetical singularity...

Suppose we have a conservative vector field on a plane. Suppose also that we have a closed curve C on that plane. Then we have: \int_C \mathbf{F}\cdot d\mathbf{r} = 0 The line integral around C is zero because F is conservative. Here is what I don't understand: If you have one or more...

Hi, everybody always talks about black holes being singularities, but why does everyone always take GR's side and neglect Pauli's exclusion principle? Why do people assume gravity is stronger? Suppose I decide that gravity can't make mass infinitely dense because particles can't have the...

I came across a theory that said it's possible to create miniature black holes in particle accelerators. And that these would disappear quickly because they are so small. I thought for a singularity to form, there would have to be plenty of mass in one place. How do the velocities of the...

i have found no solid proof of black holes having zero point volume and is widly accepted but I've found no proof? could someone give me some?

Hello Physics Geniuses, Can any of you explain the physics of nonlocality as it applies to macroscopic systems - such as a human being and human consciousness? We have an increasingly apparent anomaly in psychology/psychiatry which is an apparent singularity: realtime networks of real people...

I may look at it wrong, but when I think of a Black Hole, I think of the 3 spatial dimensions we know of compacting to a point, rather than space folding back on itself (I guess it could be just semantics though). And when you think of a singularity, I think it is inherent in that process you...

Ok, just HOW could they exist, when the event horizon is just gravity, singularity is supposed to be infinitely contracted mass, and mass is supposed to have gravity? Any insights at all appreciated...

Can one say that it is the same factors (whatever they may be, I don't know) in M-theory/String theory that puts away the effects of quantum fluctations, and also puts away the need/possibility of a singularity in a black hole? I see a connection since M-theory sets a limit of size (planck-...

Why is it said that a black hole is a literally bottemless pit in space-time? If it weren't bottemless, then the singularity inside would not have to be of infinite density. I'm not sure if I have missed anything important, so PLEASE help!

Is it possible to have a field f([pard](x)) - fractal or otherwise - where [pard](x) are discrete Dirac delta functions, and f interrelates the various magnitudes of those singularities as a conventional field would for points over a continuum?

Just checking current thought.

Did anyone else hear about this new development? Apparently if a black hole has a steady influx of matter/energy, it may not develop a singularity which brings about infinite tidal distortion, but it could bring about a 'gentler' cauchy horizon singularity that could be possible to traverse...

Are singularities an infinately large amount of matter within an infinately small amount of space or are they on a Planck scale? :smile:

Continuing on the PF2 thread about singularities... I had a thought that might give a sort of intuitive explanation of the singularity theorems -- eg the proofs that singularities exist at the center of black holes: Remember how photons emitted just exactly at the edge of black hole are...