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The radius of an object such that, if all its mass were compressed within that radius, the escape velocity would equal the speed of light
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Schwarzschild radius — The Schwarzschild radius (sometimes historically referred to as the gravitational radius) is a characteristic radius associated with every mass. It is the radius for a given mass where, if that mass could be compressed to fit within that radius,… … Wikipedia
Schwarzschild-Radius — Der Ereignishorizont liegt im einfachsten Fall an der Grenze der äußeren Schwarzschild Metrik und stellt damit den Umfang eines Schwarzen Loches dar. Ein Beobachter, der im Unendlichen (d.h. aus einer flachen Region der Raumzeit) auf das Schwarze … Deutsch Wikipedia
Schwarzschild radius — Ger. /shvahrddts shilt /; Eng. /shwawrts chuyld , shild/, Astron. the radius at which a gravitationally collapsing celestial body becomes a black hole. [1955 60; named after Karl Schwarzchild (1873 1916), German astronomer] * * * or gravitational … Universalium
Schwarzschild-Radius — Schwạrzschild Radius, Astrophysik: Grenzradius einer sphärischen nicht rotierenden und nicht elektrisch geladenen Massenverteilung, bei dessen Unterschreitung ein emittiertes Photon (Lichtquant) nicht mehr entweichen kann. Für eine Masse M… … Universal-Lexikon
schwarzschild radius — ˈshwȯrtˌshild , ˈs(h)wȯrtsˌchīld ; ˈshvärtˌshilt noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after Karl Schwarzschild died 1916 German astronomer : the radius of the spherical boundary within which a given mass (as of a star) must collapse to… … Useful english dictionary
Schwarzschild radius — /ʃvɔtstʃaɪld ˈreɪdiəs/ (say shvawtschuyld raydeeuhs) noun the radius at which the outer boundaries of a black hole would start, which is where the escape velocity first and exactly equals the speed of light. {named after Karl Schwarzschild,… …
Schwarzschild — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Heinrich Schwarzschild (1803–1878), deutscher Arzt und Dichter Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), deutscher Astronom und Physiker Leopold Schwarzschild (1891–1950), deutscher Publizist Martin Schwarzschild… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Schwarzschild — is a German surname meaning black sign or black shield and may refer to: * Karl Schwarzschild, (1873 1916), physicist and astronomer * Martin Schwarzschild, (1912 1997), astronomer * Roger Schwarzschild, linguistNamed after Karl Schwarzschild: *… … Wikipedia
Schwarzschild metric — In Einstein s theory of general relativity, the Schwarzschild solution (or the Schwarzschild vacuum) describes the gravitational field outside a spherical, non rotating mass such as a (non rotating) star, planet, or black hole. It is also a good… … Wikipedia
Schwarzschild , Karl — (1873–1916) German astronomer Schwarzschild was the son of a prosperous Jewish businessman from Frankfurt am Main. His interest in astronomy arose while he was at school and he had published two papers on binary orbits by the time he was 16.… … Scientists
