From: Steven Eiger (eiger@montana.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2000 - 08:40:52 PDT
Message-Id: <l03102801b61372b09235@[153.90.150.107]> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:40:52 -0600 From: Steven Eiger <eiger@montana.edu> Subject: Re: pinhole Re: Light Rays, Black Holes, & Naked Singularities
Al, Thanks for your reply. I imagined the light ray spiralling inward
merely as a consequence of the black hole gaining mass over time, I agree
that the momentum should not change. I can not imagine a black hole that
is so small that the gravitational field does not extend out in a
macroscopic way - space time would have to be bent in a way that my mind
can not comprehend. Also, this spiralling business, does not seem like it
would be very likely as the photons would frequently be bumping into
things; it seems like the environment inside the event horizon would have a
lot in common with the early universe.
Steven Eiger, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience and the WWAMI Medical Education
Program
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