In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 1 Feb 2016 13:09:56 -0500: Hi, [snip] >OK, if we assume that Hawking is correct and that black holes loose mass by >radiation, why does this not eventually lead to the black hole having less >mass than is required in order to remain a black hole? > >I suppose that if it is assumed that the black hole only contains energy once >formed the effective mass would not be relevant from that time forth. At >least until it evaporates completely.
BTW, as far as I know, Hawking radiation is created at the event horizon, so I'm not sure how it is supposed to effect the content of the black hole. Here's another question:- It time flows forward outside a black hole, and stops altogether at the event horizon, does it flow backwards inside the black hole, or is it just constant at zero? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
