Malcolm M. Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium
c/o School of Journalism
and Mass Media
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3178
Moscow, ID 83844-3178
83844
Phone: (208) 885-5997
Email: mric@uidaho.edu
Contact the coordinators at:
kbird@uidaho.edu
c/o School of Journalism
and Mass Media
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3178
Moscow, ID 83844-3178
83844
Phone: (208) 885-5997
Email: mric@uidaho.edu
Contact the coordinators at:
kbird@uidaho.edu
Launchbaugh
Karen Launchbaugh - Rangeland Ecology & Management Department
February 2 -UI Commons Whitewater Room
12:30 p.m.
Abstract: This presentation, aimed at the undergraduate audience, will look at the hypotheses offered by the famous theoretical physicist, Stephen W. Hawking concerning radiation that might come from Black Holes. If this radiation occurs, it would mean that Black Holes are not so black after all. The talk will be a qualitative discussion (mathematics kept to a minimum) about Professor Hawking’s main ideas that come from General Relativity and Quantum Physics. Using these ideas, he creates the notion that Black Holes might radiate energy away like a hot object and evaporate! This hypothetical phenomenon is called: “Hawking Radiation.” It is also fascinating to see how Newton’s Classical Physics, Einstein’s General Relativity, and Quantum Physics each treat the idea of “vacuum” differently.
February 2 -UI Commons Whitewater Room
12:30 p.m.
Abstract: This presentation, aimed at the undergraduate audience, will look at the hypotheses offered by the famous theoretical physicist, Stephen W. Hawking concerning radiation that might come from Black Holes. If this radiation occurs, it would mean that Black Holes are not so black after all. The talk will be a qualitative discussion (mathematics kept to a minimum) about Professor Hawking’s main ideas that come from General Relativity and Quantum Physics. Using these ideas, he creates the notion that Black Holes might radiate energy away like a hot object and evaporate! This hypothetical phenomenon is called: “Hawking Radiation.” It is also fascinating to see how Newton’s Classical Physics, Einstein’s General Relativity, and Quantum Physics each treat the idea of “vacuum” differently.