Static Black Holes Exert Pressure on Their Environment, Scientists Say | Astronomy, Physics - Sci-News.com

student Folkert Kuipers were perplexed by an extra figure that was presenting in equations that they were running on quantum gravitational corrections to the entropy of a Schwarzschild or static black hole.

Following further calculations they confirmed their exciting finding that quantum gravity can lead to a pressure in Schwarzschild black holes.

“I’m delighted that the research that we are undertaking into quantum gravity has furthered the scientific communities’ wider understanding of the nature of black holes.”.

“Our work is a step in this direction, and although the pressure exerted by the black hole that we were studying is tiny, the fact that it is present opens up multiple new possibilities, spanning the study of astrophysics, particle physics and quantum physics.”.

Quantum gravitational corrections to the entropy of a Schwarzschild black hole