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Quantum Aspects of Accretion onto Black Holes in the Early Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

S. W. Hawking
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England
G. W. Gibbons
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England

Abstract

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It is argued that for black holes of mass less than roughly 1017 g formed in the early Universe, the accretion process must be calculated using quantum mechanics. It is also argued that primordial black holes must be more massive than 1017 g if they are to possess charge.

Type
Part III: Accretion of Matter and X-Ray Sources
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974