Black Body Black Holes?
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Black Body Black Holes?
Based on the lecture, a black body was described as being able to absorb all frequencies of light but was a purely theoretical concept. That being said though isn't that very similar to a black hole, given that no light is able to escape from a black hole and therefore absorbs all light? Basically I am asking if a black hole is made out of black body material.
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Re: Black Body Black Holes?
Based on what I've read, black holes are near-perfect black bodies that absorb almost all frequencies of light and emit black body radiation. However, radiation with a wavelength equal to or larger than the diameter of the hole may not be absorbed, so they are not considered perfect black bodies.
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Re: Black Body Black Holes?
This is a super interesting question. I'm pretty sure a black hole would be a form of black body radiation, since it absorbs all light. What I'm wondering is, we need to know conceptually what black body radiation is, but it's a theoretical. Someone in another post said that no such object exists, but isn't there proof of black holes?
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