It has not been investigated whether black holes display some of quantum physics’ weird and beautiful behaviors. Superposition is one such behavior where particles on a quantum scale can exist in multiple states at the same time.
By running several calculations, physicists at the Queenslandi Ülikool have revealed the bizarre quantum properties of black holes – including their mind-bending ability to have different masses simultaneously.
Ph.D. candidate Joshua Foo said, "Mustad augud are created when gravity squeezes a vast amount of matter incredibly densely into a tiny space, creating so much gravitational pull that even light cannot escape. It’s a phenomenon that can be triggered by a dying star. "
“For black holes, we wanted to see whether they could have wildly different masses at the same time, and it turns out they do.”
To demonstrate this, the team created a mathematical framework that enables us to “position” a particle outside a hypothetical mass-superposed black hole. Mass was looked at specifically, as it is a defining feature of a black hole, and it is plausible that quantum black holes naturally have mass kihilisus.
Research co-supervisor Dr. Magdalena Zych ütles, “the research reinforces conjectures raised by pioneers of kvantfüüsika. "
“Our work shows that the very early theories of Jacob Bekenstein – an American and Israeli theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics – were on the money,” ta ütles.
“He postulated that black holes can only have masses that are of certain values, that is, they must fall within certain bands or ratios — this is how energy levels of an atom work, for example.”
“Our modeling showed that these superposed masses were, in fact, in certain determined bands or ratios – as predicted by Bekenstein.”
“We didn’t assume any such pattern going in, so the fact we found this evidence was quite surprising.”
" universum reveals to us that it’s always more strange, mysterious, and fascinating than most of us could have imagined.”
Ajakirja viide:
- Joshua Foo et al. Quantum Signatures of Black Hole Mass Superpositions. Phys. Rev. Lett. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.181301
