This Indian Physicist Disproved Black Holes

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This Indian physicist disproved blackholes 13 years before HawkingIANS | IANS | Bangalore, February 5, 2014 | UPDATED 14:50 IST

A new paper released late last month in which famed British physicist Stephen

Hawking contradicts his own theory and says that Black Holes - in the real sense

- do not actually exist has startled the world science community.

But Abhas Mitra, a theoretical physicist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

(BARC) in Mumbai, is not at all surprised. "I said more than a decade ago that

the Black Hole solutions found in Einstein's General Theory of Relativity actually

correspond to zero mass and are never formed. This implies that the so-called

Black Hole candidates must be Grey Holes or quasi-Black Holes," Mitra said,

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Mitra's papers, published in peer reviewed journals since 2000 - that still remain

unchallenged - maintain that there can be objects in the universe that are quasi-

static or "eternally collapsing" but not exactly Black Holes. "This work was

largely ignored by mainstream physicists as well as the media while Hawking's

recent two-page online paper saying exactly the same thing has become hot

international news," Mitra has expressed.

He said this happened even though several American astrophysicists verified his

prediction that such quasi-Black Holes must have strong magnetic fields unlike

the real Black Holes, adding that even Harvard University issued a press release

to this effect in 2006.

A Black Hole, according to its proponents, results from gravitational collapse of a

massive star after it runs out of fuel for nuclear fusion. A Black Hole is all

vacuum except for an infinitely dense central point called "singularity," Mitra

said.

As the theory goes, a Black Hole is surrounded by an imaginary boundary called

"Event Horizon" that shuts everything within, allowing nothing - not even light -

to escape. An object crossing the Event Horizon gets forever trapped and crushed

at the singularity, destroying all the information about the object as well. This

directly conflicts with the laws of quantum physics that say information can

never be completely wiped out. This is the Black Hole "information loss

paradox". (Read More: Stephen Hawking debunks Albert Einstein's

black hole theory )

The Black Holes also pose a "Firewall Paradox" which arises from the claim that

Event Horizon, under the quantum theory, must actually be transformed into a

highly energetic region, or firewall, that would burn any approaching object to a

crisp. Although the firewall obeyed quantum rules, it flouted Einstein's General

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Hawking's latest paper attempts to resolve the Firewall Paradox by proposing

that gravitational collapse produces only an Apparent Horizon but not an Event

Horizon that is the hallmark of a true Black Hole. He said the absence of Event

Horizons means there are no Black Holes in the sense they are usually

visualized.

Mitra said he has shown before that there can be no Event Horizon by using the

classical theory without invoking uncertain quantum physics as Hawking has

done.

In fact, in a series of peer reviewed papers, Mitra has shown that no true Black

Holes can ever form. The so-called Black Holes observed by astronomers are

actually radiation pressure supported Eternally Collapsing Objects (ECOs). These

balls of fire are so hot that even neutrons and protons melt there and whose

outward radiation pressure balances the inward pull of gravity to arrest a

catastrophic collapse before any Black Hole or 'singularity' would actually form.

"Incidentally, our Sun is also a ball of fire hot enough to melt atoms," Mitra

noted.

"Thus, the realization that there can be no true Black Holes and the so-called

Black Holes are actually ECOs resolve both the Information and Firewall

paradoxes," Mitra said.

"Hawking has now arrived at the same conclusion from tentative arguments

while our results are based on exact calculations and were published in a series

of peer-reviewed papers over 13 years ago," Mitra added.

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Posted by: Jitu

February 6, 2014

Which peer reviewed papers? Half of the claims of indian physicists are bunkum.

Posted by: Is Stephen Hawking yet another Western academic who misappropriates

Indians' work? SHAME!

February 6, 2014

In regard to the idiotic comment posted by '@Jitu' (who's most likely an

American/European agent or bootlicker like dirtyRaji), relevant papers are available on

academia.edu website at what appears to be Abhas Mitra's page. Also, the following is a

link to a AUGUST 2001 article entitled "No black holes according to general relativity?"

that discusses Mitra's findings, and also reveals that Mitra apparently INVITED STEPHEN

HAWKING TO CRITIQUE HIM, BUT RECEIVED NO REPLY! (link to article at

academia.edu): https://www.academia.edu/1747624

/No_Black_Hole_According_To_General_Relativity_Nature_India_

Posted by: Arindam Roy

February 6, 2014

ohh realy!! if you beleive that give the facts and figures..


Posted by:

February 6, 2014

Melt protons? Really? Do you have any clue what you are talking about?

Posted by: Mas

February 5, 2014

Why should we, Indians, blame West for not taking attention of Indian Scientists' research?

Are we taking a serious look at our Indian Science? See the recent Bharat Ratna Award.

CNR Rao and Sachin Tendulkar received the awards. Who got the maximum publicity?

Sachin. When compared with CNR, Sachin is nothing. CNR is entering 80s, still his brain

shows no weakness. Sachin's last 2-4 years were really boring. I used to wonder what he

was doing in the middle. Unfortunately, in India, we give more credits to entertainers, such

as film stars and cricket players (not other sports personalities). Media, including this

magazine give importance to those entertainers. I got some time to interact with the kids of

US, Israel and India. One particular question was asked to kids in middle school. "Who do

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Priyanka, etc.. " No kids in India know what is meant to be a scientist. Of course, some kids

did say "doctors, engineers." That is the mind set of us. We have universities in the name of

religions, in the name of politicians. Just 4 institutes in the name of scientists - Raman

Institute, Saha Institute, Bose Insitute and SNBose Centre for Basic Research. NO, NOT

ONE university named after any scientists. Just check number of universities in India

named after members of a particular family. The irony is that none of these family

members have Masters degree.

Posted by: Tango

February 6, 2014

What an amazing reality post...

Posted by: Observer

February 6, 2014

Very well said! Even this is a passing tid bit in this same e-paper. and not a headline! Okay,

let us be thankful that they atleast posted this news!


Posted by: himalaya

February 5, 2014

When a white man publishes anything, it grabs attention; but when a brown or black or

yellow man does the same thing; it is ignored. I think if Hawking was physically normal

person and did not speak through his eyes through computer simulation, 99% of whatever

he supposedly says would be treated as trash by the world anyway. He is greatly overrated

by the world just because of his unique physical sickness.


Posted by: koodhiq

February 5, 2014

West cries foul when Chinese steal their know how, but they have been doing this to others

for centuries. Mitra should slap law suits for plagiarism against Stephen Hawkings and his

publishers. That will make the world take notice of Mitra and perhaps acknowledgement

will come. Keeping quiet and whinging is of no use. Have to beat the westerners in their

own game.


Posted by: DNA Cowboy

February 5, 2014

Of course he did (raises eyebrows)

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