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Collapsed Matter

 
 
chris2a
 
Reply Fri 29 Jul, 2005 12:32 am
Is it possible that the collapsed matter of a singularity continues to collapse. If it does not then could we describe it as a type of monolithic, undifferentiated terminal state (UTS)? If it does, will it ever reach an UTS?
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raprap
 
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Reply Fri 29 Jul, 2005 04:34 am
It could. but no one knows because you can't see into a black hole. As an external observer, the only thing you know about a black hole is its mass, its charge and its spin.

As for becoming a UTS, the nearest thing to that in this universe (not a singularity) is a neutron star. That is what occurs in stellar collapse that doesn't quite have the mass to become a singularity (escape velocity just shy of the speed of light).

In a neutron star the atomic electronic field has collapsed into the nucleus as the result of gravity and mass. This to me is as near you can get to a monolithic undifferentiated terminal state.

As for Black Holes and Frequently Asked questions try this Site

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rosborne979
 
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Reply Fri 29 Jul, 2005 10:11 pm
Re: Collapsed Matter
chris2a wrote:
Is it possible that the collapsed matter of a singularity continues to collapse.


I'm not sure that the idea of "collapse" has a definition within the singularity. Matter, space and time don't have the same structure in the singularity as they do at our energy level.

Not only is there no "matter" to collapes, there is no space to collapse into or from, and no time to do it in.
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