Once you have detected the possible presence of a black
hole, what data do you need...
Once you have detected the possible presence of a black
hole, what data do you need to prove that it is indeed a black hole
and not a very massive star cluster?
Multiple choice: The presence of a black hole in a galaxy core
can be inferred from (a) the total mass of the galaxy; (b) the
speeds of stars near the core; (c) the color of the galaxy; (d) the
distance of the galaxy from the Milky Way Galaxy; or (e) the
diminished brightness of starlight in the galaxy core, relative to
surrounding areas.
Multiple choice: Which one of the following statements about
black holes is false? (a) Inside a black...
Black holes
Q: what is escape speed?
Q: what is a black hole? Size? What is the event horizon?
Q: How to “see” black holes if they are black? Evidence for
stellar mass black holes? Supermassive black holes?
What is the mass of the black hole at the center of our galaxy
if a star orbiting 0.0025 pc away has an orbital period of 7 years?
Be careful of units here.
How massive would a black hole have to be in order for it to
evaporate due to Hawking radiation in only one year? How big is
that mass compared to some object with which you are familiar? (On
the surface of the Earth, 1 kg ? 2.2 lb.)
1. What is the evidence for a black hole at the center of the
Milky Way? How does this compare to stellar size blackholes? How
can these smaller blackholes be observed?
2. What is Hubble’s Law? In what situations does Hubble’s Law
not apply?
3. What is the cosmic microwave background? What is its
origin?
Describe, in detail, what would happen if you fell into
a black hole, from both your perspective, and the perspective of
someone who is watching you fall in. You should include specific
effects, including effects on space, time, and what you would
see.
Once you have sequenced the genome, you still do not know what
it means. You just have a sequence of bases. What are ways you can
identify if a sequence of DNA is a gene?
You are in a spaceship making measurements very close to a black
hole. A partner's spaceship is orbiting the black hole at a much
larger radius. Your partner sends messages to you using visible
light pulses from a laser. When you receive the messages, do you
expect to detect radio waves or gamma waves? Why?
The answer is gamma waves, but I don't understand.