sonic black holes

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs acoustic black holes
gptkbp:category gptkb:theoretical_physics
analogue gravity systems
gptkbp:demonstrates gptkb:Jeff_Steinhauer
Bose-Einstein condensate experiments
gptkbp:describedBy analogue gravity
gptkbp:feature analogue Hawking radiation
event horizon for sound waves
gptkbp:field fluid dynamics
physics
quantum mechanics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label sonic black holes
gptkbp:notableMission 2016 observation of Hawking radiation in a sonic black hole
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkbp:property can emit phonons analogous to Hawking radiation
has a sonic event horizon
traps sound waves
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:William_Unruh
1981
gptkbp:purpose simulate properties of astrophysical black holes
study Hawking radiation in laboratory
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hawking_radiation
black holes
analogue models of gravity
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Bose-Einstein_condensates
optical systems
superfluids
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hawking_radiation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4