Solving Confusion About Black Holes, Schwarzschild Radius & Time Dilation

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The discussion clarifies key concepts surrounding black holes, specifically the Schwarzschild radius and time dilation. It establishes that every mass has a corresponding Schwarzschild radius, and objects smaller than this radius are classified as black holes. Mini-black holes can theoretically exist and curve spacetime similarly to larger black holes, despite their rapid evaporation. The conversation also highlights that spacetime curvature increases as objects approach their Schwarzschild radius, with smaller black holes exhibiting greater curvature at their event horizons compared to larger masses.

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  • Understanding of general relativity (GR)
  • Familiarity with the concept of Schwarzschild radius
  • Knowledge of spacetime curvature
  • Basic principles of black hole physics
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  • Research the implications of Schwarzschild radius in astrophysics
  • Explore the concept of event horizons in black hole theory
  • Study the effects of time dilation near massive objects
  • Investigate the characteristics of mini-black holes and their theoretical existence
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According to the theory, every mass has a Schwarzschild radius associated. Any object whose radius is smaller than its Schwarzschild radius is called a black hole.
So in principle is possible to create mini-black holes, it is just a fact of matter condensed.
Those mini black holes have their event horizon ecc, and despite their should evaporate in a infinitesimal amount of time, they have the same capacity to curve space time in the same fashion regular black holes do.
But I guess there is something wrong with my understanding of the theory, because:
Space time curvature is progressive for astronomical objects, for example Neutron Stars curve space-time 'more deeply' as they get closer the their Schwarzschild radius, and eventually becoming black holes.
Now, according to this logic, the more an object get closer to its SH radius, the more it curves space-time. Is this statement applicable to objects on the Earth? Ab absurdum, does an atomic nucleo curve space time more than a big and heavy rock?
 
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The curvature at the event horizon is actually inversely proportional to the mass - the smaller the BH, the larger the curvature at its event horizon. On the other hand, a proton, for example, is actually almost 40 orders of magnitude larger in radius than a BH of the same mass, so it is 'enormously further from being a BH' than is the earth. Thus the curvature it produces is wholly insignificant.
 
PAllen said:
The curvature at the event horizon is actually inversely proportional to the mass - the smaller the BH, the larger the curvature at its event horizon. On the other hand, a proton, for example, is actually almost 40 orders of magnitude larger in radius than a BH of the same mass, so it is 'enormously further from being a BH' than is the earth. Thus the curvature it produces is wholly insignificant.
okay, thanks for the answer.
So now I have another question: from the point of view of an observer, when an object crosses the event horizon of a super massive black hole, which density is low,it will be frozen immediately right?
According to the observer the object is already frozen in time even if the curvature at the event horizon, and so the gravitational pull, it's not extreme, right?
 
arkantos said:
okay, thanks for the answer.
So now I have another question: from the point of view of an observer, when an object crosses the event horizon of a super massive black hole, which density is low,it will be frozen immediately right?
According to the observer the object is already frozen in time even if the curvature at the event horizon, and so the gravitational pull, it's not extreme, right?
An observer outside the EH never receives a light signal from an object crossing the horizon.

There is, strictly speaking, no gravitational "pull" in GR. There is, however, a force required to hover outside the EH. That force increases without limit as you approach the EH.
 

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