Hawking radiation

Hawking radiation
The radiation presumed to be given off by a black hole by quantum mechanical processes.

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  • Hawking, Stephen W(illiam) — born Jan. 8, 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. English theoretical physicist. He studied at the University of Oxford and later received his Ph.D. from Cambridge. He has worked primarily in the field of general relativity and particularly on the… …   Universalium

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  • Stephen Hawking — Infobox Scientist box width = 250x name = Stephen Hawking image size = 200px caption = NASA StarChild image of Stephen Hawking birth date = birth date and age|df=yes|1942|01|8 birth place = Oxford, England death date = death place = residence =… …   Wikipedia

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