Sunday, August 21, 2011

Black holes and pulsars could reveal extra dimensions - space - 21 August 2011 - New Scientist

Black holes and pulsars could reveal extra dimensions: Black holes are predicted to fritter away their mass over time by emitting particles, a phenomenon called Hawking radiation. Without extra dimensions, this process is predicted to be agonisingly slow for run-of-the-mill black holes weighing a few times as much as the sun, making it impossible to measure.

Extra dimensions would give the particles more ways to escape, speeding up the process.

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