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Just to throw in here, it's not a Virtual Particle that constitutes Hawking Radiation; it's a Virtual Pair that becomes real (non-virtual). By definition, Virtual Particles appear and self-annihilate so quickly, we can't even measure them. Well, not directly anyways.
Usually a Virtual Pair (non-Hawking Radiation) can become non-virtual via a chance encounter with a Photon, which breaks the pair and thus they become "real." In the case of Hawking Radiation, it's proximity to the Event Horizon (in short, intense gravity) that does effectively the same thing.
Usually a Virtual Pair (non-Hawking Radiation) can become non-virtual via a chance encounter with a Photon, which breaks the pair and thus they become "real." In the case of Hawking Radiation, it's proximity to the Event Horizon (in short, intense gravity) that does effectively the same thing.