spaghettifying near a black hole...

[blueman]

Sorry, but I'm still not sure I have my answer. Let's put our mole of baryons near the event horizon of a black hole. Let's hold this notion of electro-magnetic force overshadowing all atomic reactions, gravity unable to play a role, by keeping our experimental samples equal--the zero-gee and the event-horizon-samples of our element are identical in every way except for their curvature environments.<br /><br />Will the one in the much heavier environment be more or less likely to lose free electrons or emit photons, as time is passing more slowly for it? <br /><br />

 

[Saiph]

throwing time dilation into the mix now hmm?<br /><br /><i>With</i> time dilation, it becomes a matter of reference frames. If you measure the likelyhood in the frame of the atoms, you will get the same probability per second. I.e. no difference.<br /><br />However, if you were in a different frame, say someone higher up the gravity well watching the gas near the event horizon, then you would measure a slower rate, or lower probability of loss per second. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /></font></p><p align="center"><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">----</font></em></font><font color="#666699">SaiphMOD@gmail.com </font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">-------------------</font></em></font></p><p><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">"This is my Timey Wimey Detector.  Goes "bing" when there's stuff.  It also fries eggs at 30 paces, wether you want it to or not actually.  I've learned to stay away from hens: It's not pretty when they blow" -- </font></em></font><font size="1" color="#999999">The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[blueman]

Thanks, buddy--you're always on it!! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[blueman]

So, now the question I was not-so-adroitly heading for--can we explain via a curvature argument why the photons seem to emit more slowly from object "H" (heavier) from that third Greenwich-style POV? How does the increased curvature of space time change the way a mole of matter emits photons and other particles?<br /><br />I just can't visualize it...