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Chapter 34: Q17CQ (page 1237)

Suppose black holes radiate their mass away and the lifetime of a black hole created by a supernova is about \({\rm{1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{67}}}}\)years. How does this lifetime compare with the accepted age of the universe? Is it surprising that we do not observe the predicted characteristic radiation?

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The lifetime of a black hole is \({\rm{1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{67}}}}\) times greater than the age of the universe, which makes it no surprise that the radiation has not yet been observed.

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Existence of black hole

The existence of black holes, objects for which the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light and from which nothing can escape.

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Comparing the lifetime of black hole with accepted age of the universe.

The age of the universe is around \({\rm{1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{10}}}}\)years. The expected lifetime of a black hole is \({\rm{1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{57}}}}\) times greater than the age of the universe! Because of this much greater lifetime, it is not surprising that the characteristic radiation has not yet been observed.

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