Hawking for beginners: A dimensional analysis activity to perform in the classroom
Physics Education
2020-04-27 v1 Popular Physics
Abstract
In this paper we present a simple dimensional analysis exercise that allows us to derive the equation for the Hawking temperature of a black hole. The exercise is intended for high school students, and it is developed from a chapter of Stephen Hawking's bestseller A Brief History of Time.
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@article{arxiv.2004.11850,
title = {Hawking for beginners: A dimensional analysis activity to perform in the classroom},
author = {Jorge Pinochet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.11850},
year = {2020}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures