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RichD

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May 15, 2008, 11:50:44 PM5/15/08
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i was wondering, what happens to a photon that
falls into a black hole?

Does it notice anything weird, as it crosses the
horizon? Does it head straight for the singularity,
at the usual speed? Do the usual relativistic
Lorentz equations apply, for any observers on
the inside?

I could ask what happens when it hits the
singularity, but I doubt anyone knows...


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Rich

Sam Wormley

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May 15, 2008, 11:58:20 PM5/15/08
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RichD wrote:
> i was wondering, what happens to a photon that
> falls into a black hole?

Probably a safe conclusion is that whatever happens to
all the other matter and energy also happens to the
incoming photons.

Background
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole

john

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May 16, 2008, 9:54:48 AM5/16/08
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Answer: whatever

The state of our physics.
Alice has her rabbit hole.
Our science has its boxes of paradoxes.

Whatever.

Makes sense? Then it's not physics.

John

Uncle Al

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May 16, 2008, 12:52:41 PM5/16/08
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The photon itself notices nothing unusual as it passes through the
event horizon. Once inside, all paths lead to the singularity and it
cannot exit. One example of such a geometry is this universe. All
paths in all 4(pi) steradians of direction exactly poiint to the
equidistant Big Bang. Every point in this universe is at its exact
center.

The inner diameter of a black hole is unlimited - lots of time for
sightseeing even at lightspeed. The outside diameter is finite. Our
universe is loaded with Tardis demos.

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http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2

Robert J. Kolker

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May 16, 2008, 1:38:14 PM5/16/08
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Uncle Al wrote:

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> The inner diameter of a black hole is unlimited - lots of time for
> sightseeing even at lightspeed. The outside diameter is finite. Our
> universe is loaded with Tardis demos.

If you can, you should let Dr. Who know about this.

Bob Kolker

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Sam Wormley

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May 16, 2008, 2:11:12 PM5/16/08
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Who?

Greg Neill

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May 16, 2008, 2:16:03 PM5/16/08
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"Sam Wormley" <swor...@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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Exactly.

john

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May 16, 2008, 4:25:52 PM5/16/08
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On May 16, 12:16 pm, "Greg Neill" <gneill...@OVEsympatico.ca> wrote:
> "Sam Wormley" <sworml...@mchsi.com> wrote in message


I guess the bigger your brain, the more
conflicting/nonsensical ideas can exist
side by side-

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