Abstract
The concepts of irreducible mass and of reversible and irreversible transformations in black holes are introduced, leading to the formula ${E}^{2}=m_{\mathrm{ir}}^{2}+(\frac{{L}^{2}}{4m_{\mathrm{ir}}^{2}})+{p}^{2}$ for a black hole of linear momentum $p$ and angular momentum $L$.
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PhysicsAngular momentumBlack hole (networking)Momentum (technical analysis)Mathematical physicsQuantum mechanics
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- 25
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- 22
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- 1596-1597
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Demetrios Christodoulou
(1970).
Reversible and Irreversible Transformations in Black-Hole Physics.
Physical Review Letters
, 25
(22)
, 1596-1597.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.1596
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.25.1596