Hi Jeff

Why do small black holes evaporate faster?

For a moment I thought perhaps because gravity is stronger for a large black hole so fewer particles would escape, but that would seem to balance out with a steeper gradient, so more pairs would 'split', presumably?

Then I recalled reading that because the 'area' of an event horizon increases more slowly than the 'volume' (squared vs cubed?) the density of some of the largest black holes is not much more than water? So is it the case larger black holes have 'weaker' gravity?

Or am I up the creek without a paddle?

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