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Old 07-15-2007, 10:25 AM
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Default Re: Could a Binary Star system create a black hole w/o a singularity?

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LOL at this thread, as if you guys know anything about the subject besides what you looked up on google to reply and try to make yourself look smart......

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some of these guys really know their stuff.

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Old 07-15-2007, 10:29 AM
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Default Re: Could a Binary Star system create a black hole w/o a singularity?

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LOL at this thread, as if you guys know anything about the subject besides what you looked up on google to reply and try to make yourself look smart......

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Yeah you're right. The two posters who posted immediately above you and are a professor of astro-physics at a major university and a professional mathematician obviously had to google that [censored]. I mean I don't remember the [censored] I crammed for in college, so they must not either.
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Old 07-15-2007, 10:35 AM
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Default Re: Could a Binary Star system create a black hole w/o a singularity?

All,

Click on Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's name and then on his blog in his profile. It's pretty funny.
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Old 07-15-2007, 11:27 AM
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Default Re: Could a Binary Star system create a black hole w/o a singularity?

It seems unlikely that an intact binary system could have an event horizon since an event horizon implies that there is a point of infinite density.
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Old 07-15-2007, 12:50 PM
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Default Re: Could a Binary Star system create a black hole w/o a singularity?

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No. Black holes are theoretically formed based on mass density, not net mass. Star A + Star B = some arbitrary mass, but unless the mass is at a high enough density in space it does not create an event horizon.

A rotating black hole does however have an ellipsoid shaped event horizon.

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Does that necessarily imply 2 singularities? And is that the only way that we can tell that they're rotating?

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No, rather it has to do with frame-dragging, a relativistic effect.
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Old 07-15-2007, 02:40 PM
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Default Re: Could a Binary Star system create a black hole w/o a singularity?

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LOL at this thread, as if you guys know anything about the subject besides what you looked up on google to reply and try to make yourself look smart......

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Yeah you're right. The two posters who posted immediately above you and are a professor of astro-physics at a major university and a professional mathematician obviously had to google that [censored]. I mean I don't remember the [censored] I crammed for in college, so they must not either.

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This reminded me of a similar post a long time ago on slashdot, where the contention was that a certain poster was a kid who didn't know what he was talking about when it came to programming. The poster in question was John Carmack.
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