Ron McFarland writes:
> If a gravity carrier has any mass whatsoever then by what mechanism could it
> possibly and in such abundance escape from a black hole event horizon and make
> itself known in our observable universe?
This is not really a multiverse question, but rather a common query
relating to relativity and QM. See question 6 in part 2 of the
sci.physics FAQ, "How does the gravity get out of the black hole?", at:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/physics-faq/part2/
The short answer is that when you model forces as the exchange of
particles, it is actually done as the exchange of virtual particles;
and virtual particles can go faster than light, hence can escape from
black holes.
Hal Finney
Received on Tue Feb 17 2004 - 03:05:53 PST