Black-hole physics

The No-Hair Theorem

The result that a black hole in equilibrium is fully described by just three numbers — its mass, its spin, and its electric charge — and retains no other detail of whatever formed it. All the complexity of the collapsing matter is lost to the outside universe, hidden behind the event horizon with the central singularity, giving black holes a remarkable simplicity.

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›A black hole is just mass, spin, and charge

Black Hole
The Event Horizon
Gravitational Singularity

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The No-Hair Theorem

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The No-Hair Theorem

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Classes, physics & objects

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