gravastar
gravastar noun: a proposed alternative to black holes that is more consistent with quantum mechanics.
Noun
gravastar (plural gravastars)
- A proposed alternative to black holes that is more consistent with quantum mechanics.
- These dark objects do not have an event horizon, and there is no singularity at their center, as is the case with classical black hole solutions in general relativity. In the gravastar, the quantum physics of the baryonic matter at the shell or crust surrounding the interior vacuum prevents the...2020, John W. Moffat, The Shadow of the Black Hole, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35
Forms of gravastar
| plural | gravastars |
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Origin of gravastar
Blend of gravitational + vacuum + star, first hypothesized in 2001.
Questions about gravastar
- What does gravastar mean?
- Gravastar means a proposed alternative to black holes that is more consistent with quantum mechanics.
- What part of speech is gravastar?
- Gravastar is a noun.
- What is the plural of gravastar?
- The plural of gravastar is gravastars.
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