What Happens if a Black Hole Dies or Disappears?

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The discussion centers around the question of what occurs when a black hole dies or disappears, exploring theoretical aspects of black hole evolution, evaporation, and the implications of such events on surrounding objects. The conversation includes references to Hawking radiation and the characteristics of black hole lifetimes.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants inquire about the processes involved in black hole evaporation and its implications for nearby objects.
  • One participant mentions that black hole evaporation is a lengthy process, suggesting that black holes are more likely to gain mass than lose it through Hawking radiation.
  • A participant shares a calculator for black hole parameters, noting the inverse relationship between temperature, luminosity, and mass.
  • Another participant references a Quora Q&A that discusses the final moments of a low-mass black hole, describing it as resembling an explosion, and cites Hawking's statement about the energy released during this event.
  • There are multiple links to external resources, indicating a desire to provide further information but also leading to some redundancy in responses.

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Participants do not reach a consensus on the specifics of what happens when a black hole dies, with various viewpoints and references to external sources contributing to an ongoing exploration of the topic.

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Some claims about black hole evaporation and the nature of their death are based on theoretical frameworks that may not be universally accepted or fully resolved. The discussion includes references to specific calculations and external resources that may have varying degrees of reliability.

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what does happen if the black hole died Or disappeared??
 
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Good question - have you had a go looking up the evolution of black holes or how they may "evaporate" to find out?
 
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Simon Bridge said:
Good question - have you had a go looking up the evolution of black holes or how they may "evaporate" to find out?
Ok.
 
Well done. We can help you with what you find out ... otherwise the answer is basically a couple of hours of physics lectures.
 
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Emmanuel_Euler said:
what does happen if the black hole died Or disappeared??
Then it no longer exists and any nearby objects which had been affected by it's gravity will no longer be affected by it.
According to Hawking though, black hole evaporation is an extraordinarily lengthy process, and for most of it's life a black hole is more likely to be gaining mass one way or another than losing it through Hawking radiation.
 
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Here is a nice calculator for black hole parameters. If you put in a mass even the size of the earth, the lifetime is, well, long... :woot:
I find it interesting how temperature and luminosity are inversely proportional to mass.

http://xaonon.dyndns.org/hawking/
 
Dr.ahmad adnan said:
Hi friend i saw the answer for your question ,.... visit this website...press [like] if you like the website http://translate.google.com/transla...th_of_a_black_hole_look_like.html&prev=search
That's a Quora Q&A titled "What would the death of a black hole look like?"; the English version is here:
http://www.quora.com/What-would-the-death-of-a-Black-Hole-look-like
(Nice reference thank you.)

... curiously, all the answers concentrate on the question in the title without checking the body-text.
However, Dr Frank Heile gives a decent description of the last few seconds of a low-mass black hole, basically it looks like an explosion.

Quoting Steve Hawking: "Near the end of [a black hole's] life the rate of emission would be very high and about http://qlx.is.quoracdn.net/main-afde161292e837eb.png erg would be released in the last 0.1 s. This is a fairly small explosion by astronomical standards but it is equivalent to about 1 million 1 Mton hydrogen bombs."

But this has to be put in the context that the black hole is "exploding" every day for it's entire life ... it's basically one long loong explosion.
 
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