The case for artificial black holes

Ulf Leonhardt; Thomas G. Philbin

doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0072

The case for artificial black holes

Ulf Leonhardt, Thomas G. Philbin

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

The event horizon is predicted to generate particles from the quantum vacuum, an effect that bridges three areas of physics general relativity, quantum mechanics and thermodynamics. The quantum radiation of real black holes is too feeble to be detectable, but black-hole analogues may probe several aspects of quantum black holes. In this paper, we explain in simple terms some of the motivations behind the study of artificial black holes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2851-2857
Number of pages	7
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	366
Issue number	1877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0072
Publication status	Published - 28 Aug 2008

Keywords

artificial black holes
quantum fields in curved space
nonlinear fibre optics
fluid mechanics
HAWKING RADIATION
EVENT HORIZON
EVAPORATION
ANALOG
FREQUENCIES
LIGHT

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