Use the result of Problem 2.42 to calculate the temperature of a black hole, in terms of its mass M. (The energy is Mc2. ) Evaluate the resulting expression for a one-solar-mass black hole. Also sketch the entropy as a function of energy, and discuss the implications of the shape of the graph.

Short Answer

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The required expression is T=hc316π2GMc2kand for one-solar-mass of a black hole, the temperature can be calculated be 6.15×10-8K.

The graph below depicts the entropy as a function of energy which is a concave up graph.

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01

Given

The expression for the entropy of a black hole is given as:

S=8π2GM2hck..........(1)

Where,

Gis the gravitational constant, Mis mass, his Planck's constant, cis the speed of light, and kis the Boltzmann's constant

The energy of the black hole is given by Einstein's relation as:

U=Mc2..........(2)

02

Calculation for Temperature

Mathematically, temperature can be defined as:

1T=SU..........(3)

Where,

Sis the change in entropy and Uis the change in the internal energy of the body.

Equation (1) can be modified as:

role="math" localid="1646995322714" S=8π2GM2hck×c4c4S=8π2G(Mc2)2hc5k

By replacing Mc2as U, we get,

role="math" localid="1646997428892" S=8π2GU2hc5k..........(4)

Now, by substituting this value of Sin equation (3), we get,

1T=SU=U8π2GU2hc5k1T=16π2GUhc5kT=hc516π2GUk

By resusbstituting the value of Uin the above equation, we get the desired result in terms of mass,

T=hc316π2GMc2k

For a solar mass black hole, M=2×1030kg.

Also, by substituting 6.67×10-11m3kg-1s-2for G, 6.62×10-34J.sfor h, 1.38×10-23J/Kfor kand 3×108ms-1for cin the above equation, we get,

T=6.62×10-343×108316π26.67×10-112×10301.38×10-23T=6.15×10-8K

03

Graph of entropy as a function of energy

Consider the equation (4),

S=8π2GU2hc5k

Here,

G,K,h,care all constants

Hence, it can be modified as:

SU2

Therefore, the graph of entropy as a function of energy can be sketched as follows:

It can be observed that the graph is a concave up graph. Objects exhibiting such behavior would have a negative heat capacity.

04

Final answer

The required expression is T=hc316π2GMc2kand the temperature can be calculated to be 6.15×10-8K. Also the graph of entropy as a function of energy which is a concave up graph, can be sketched as follows:

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