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PIRSA:08080075

General Relativity 5 - The Black Hole

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Burns, M. (2006). General Relativity 5 - The Black Hole. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/08080075

Michael Burns Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WRDSB)

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Abstract

The anatomy of a black hole.
Learning Outcomes:
• What are the mass requirements for a star to become a black hole?
• The anatomy of a Schwarzschild black hole, including the singularity and the event horizon.
• What a traveller would experience if he orbited a black hole, or had the bad luck to fall through the event horizon.