Hawking radiation
noun [ U ] physics specialized uk/ˌhɔː.kɪŋ reɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌhɑː.kɪŋ reɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
霍金辐射
a type of radiation (= energy from heat or light that you cannot see ) that should be produced by a black hole (= a region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape)
When a black hole evaporates, the Hawking radiation it emits is not random. 当黑洞蒸发时，它发出的霍金辐射并不是随机的。
Hawking radiation is named after the famous black hole theorist Stephen Hawking. 霍金辐射是以著名黑洞理论家史蒂芬·霍金的名字命名的。
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- Black holes lose mass by radiating energy in the form of Hawking radiation.
- The black hole's event horizon radiates positive-energy particles, a phenomenon known as Hawking radiation.
- Could the cosmic microwave background radiation be a form of Hawking radiation?