(really exponential not the figure of speech). Odds of a tunneling event drop exponentially when you involve multiple particles in the event. But the probability is greater than zero.Īll of the mass/energy in a black hole is available. The odds are just so low that you might as well not worry about this problem. That would result in a decent sized explosion. So, for example, the hydrogen atoms in your little toe could tunnel over and fuse with each other. The probability of tunneling events is not zero. "equal amounts" are both zero, because the energy available for Hawking radiation is so small that only very long-wavelength low-energy photons have any probability of emission. Current really does flow through circuits when electrons and holes meet and annihilate each other. A "hole" is not the same thing as an anti-electron or positron. Engineers talk about "holes" as if they were a thing and that works well for designing integrated circuits.
The "hole" is a point on the lattice missing an electron. For example we can put boron into a silicon crystal lattice. I am more familiar with vacancies and holes which are also not real. The "negative energy particles" are not real. What constant gets the negative sign in negative energy particles? My question is what's the difference between antimatter and negative energy particles? Antimatter is sometimes described as having negative mass or as traveling negatively through time. Positive energy particles radiate out, and "negative energy" particles fall into the BH and reduce its total energy. As I understand it, there are virtual particle pairs formed just outside the BH horizon.