A black hole is an object that radiates energy via Hawking's radiation no matter how small it is. An polariton soliton could be considered a black hole if it is found to be a Hawking radiator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyMYcqxuZ_I Prof. Daniele Faccio found that a glass sphere radiates hawking radiation when illuminated with a laser. On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > Previous message posted before I read this. :) > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
