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Scientists Make Desktop Black Hole

• anigbrowl 17y ago
  Paper: http://arxiv1.library.cornell.edu/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0910/0910.2159v1.pdf http://arxiv1.library.cornell.edu/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0910/09...
  • releasedatez 17y ago
    oh nice. Thanks for sharing this.
• pvg 17y ago
  "Black hole" is misleading since the usage is a fairly significant departure from the usual definition. It's really closer to "black body" for a particular chunk of the spectrum. The Wired bit confuses matters further by talking about things being 'sucked into' the 'black hole'.
  • lutorm 17y ago
    Yes, by the description it sounds like a blackbody. But it doesn't look that black in the picture... ;-)
    • roundsquare 17y ago
      As far as I can tell, it wouldn't unless it absorbed the visible light spectrum... but I'm no physicist.
  • deleted 17y ago
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  • releasedatez 17y ago
    speaking of black body, here's another article I've read about it. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/ultrablack/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/ultrablack/