In reply to David Roberson's message of Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:27:41 -0400 (EDT): Hi,
That would be consistent with my suggestion below. > >I have always wondered exactly what happens to matter that is heading directly >toward the singularity. Doesn't time for the matter slow down due to the >intense gravity to such a degree that it appears to stop in mid path at the >horizon from our observation perspective? > >Dave > > >-----Original Message----- >From: mixent <[email protected]> >To: vortex-l <[email protected]> >Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2012 6:00 pm >Subject: Re: [Vo]:Miley, et al - 62M Neutrons within 5 minutes - dangerous? > > >In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:31:41 -0400: >Hi, >[snip] >>A *gravitational singularity* or *spacetime singularity* is a location >>where the quantities that are used to measure the >>gravitational<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational>field become >>infinite <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity> in a way that does not >>depend on the coordinate system. These quantities are the scalar invariant >>curvatures <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature_of_Riemannian_manifolds>of >>spacetime, which includes a measure of the density of matter. > >I suspect that the only singularity is the center point of the black hole. >(Like >the center of a circle.) However I don't think that there is actually anything >in the center. I think that all matter is converted to EM radiation by the time >it reaches the Schwarzschild radius, where the curvature of space time is so >strong that the EM radiation basically just goes around in a circle. > >My guess is that there is only vacuum inside the Schwarzschild radius. Black >holes are hollow. > >Regards, > >Robin van Spaandonk > >http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > > > Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
