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Old 13-May-2008, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by alainprice View Post
For stars of large mass, genre 25+ solar masses, I would agree with you. For a smaller star, maybe 5 solar masses, the event horizon will evolve outward, growing as the star collapses or implodes. The EH will evolve outward for all events, but more dramatically for supernovas. Eventually, it becomes larger than the radiating surface and we have the birth of a true BH.
But you cannot have natural star collapse BH below cca 20-25 solar masses for the original star.
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