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Team Number: 001
School Name: Alamogordo
Area of Science: AstroPhysics
Project Title: The Black Hole Effect
We have been trying to find information on black holes that would
let us better understand them. We have had a few good spots on this
search. We are trying to determine what type of energy a black hole is
generating. Then we will attempt to gather the energy some how, and us it
as new source to better understand everyday lives. Black holes have
extreme amounts of energy. Enough, some belive, to transport you through
time. You can find the volume of a black hole by using the equation:
volume = 4 / 3 * pi * r^3, found in the internet site, "Commonly asked
questions about black holes." Thus, figuring out about how much energy a
black hole has. One way of extracting energy from a black hole is reducing
the size of it, therefore allowing it to give off it's own energy. This is
known as the Penrose Process. Secondly, black holes give off it's own
energy when they emit particles, because thier gravitational pull is soo
intense, this process is known as the Hawking Radiation. These so called
particles are known as 'virtual pairs' which are particle, antiparticle
pairs, which pop into existence, seperate for a very short amount of time,
come back together, then disappear just as fast. For that very short time
period there is extra mass-energy in the universe. The vertical pairs
usally pop into existance around a black hole. As it falls through the
black hole it produces enough energy for another particle to exist. This
is such a huge amount of energy, that if you could harness it, the energy
would be unthinkable. The last way a black hole gives off energy is that
it evaporates or disappears. The simple task of disappearing into the
black hole produces energy. The reason is Newton's First Law of Motion in
that an object in motion stays in motion, which can be converted into
energy. Using the help of our mentor, the internet, and other sources, we
hope to discover the answer to our problem.
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