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.
Highlights
- ›A black hole is just mass, spin, and charge
Classes, physics & objects
Knowledge connections
- Associated withBlack Hole
- Associated withThe Event Horizon
- Associated withGravitational Singularity
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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