Black Hole Temperature Calculator

Calculate Hawking temperature and black hole properties using mass-temperature relationship

Calculate Black Hole Temperature

Mass of the black hole to calculate Hawking temperature

Black Hole Properties

Hawking Temperature

0.000e+0
Kelvin (K)
0.000e+0
Nanokelvin (nK)
-2.731e+2
Celsius (°C)

Black Hole Mass

0.000e+0
Solar masses (M☉)
0.000e+0
Kilograms (kg)
0.000e+0
Schwarzschild Radius (m)

Hawking Formula: T = ℏc³/(8πGMkB)

Schwarzschild Radius: Rs = 2GM/c²

Evaporation Time: ~0.00e+0 seconds

Temperature Analysis

Example Calculation

Stellar Mass Black Hole

Mass: 10 solar masses (1.99 × 10³¹ kg)

Constants:

• ℏ = 1.055 × 10⁻³⁴ J⋅s

• c = 2.998 × 10⁸ m/s

• G = 6.674 × 10⁻¹¹ N⋅m²/kg²

• kB = 1.381 × 10⁻²³ J/K

Calculation

T = ℏc³/(8πGMkB)

T = (1.055×10⁻³⁴)(2.998×10⁸)³ / [8π(6.674×10⁻¹¹)(1.99×10³¹)(1.381×10⁻²³)]

T ≈ 6.17 × 10⁻⁹ K

Schwarzschild radius ≈ 29.5 km

Black Hole Scale Comparison

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Micro Black Holes

Mass < 1 kg

Extremely hot, evaporate instantly

Stellar Mass

3-100 solar masses

From massive star collapse

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Supermassive

10⁶-10¹⁰ solar masses

Galaxy centers, very cold

Hawking Radiation Insights

Smaller black holes are paradoxically hotter

All black holes eventually evaporate via Hawking radiation

Temperature is inversely proportional to mass

Virtual particle pairs at event horizon create radiation

Understanding Black Hole Temperature and Hawking Radiation

What is Hawking Temperature?

Hawking temperature is the temperature of thermal radiation emitted by a black hole due to quantum effects near its event horizon. This phenomenon, predicted by Stephen Hawking, shows that black holes are not completely black but emit thermal radiation.

The Hawking Radiation Process

  • Virtual particle pairs appear near the event horizon
  • One particle falls into the black hole, other escapes
  • Escaping particles form thermal radiation
  • Black hole gradually loses mass and energy

The Temperature-Mass Relationship

T = ℏc³/(8πGMkB)

  • T: Hawking temperature (K)
  • ℏ: Reduced Planck constant
  • c: Speed of light
  • G: Gravitational constant
  • M: Black hole mass
  • kB: Boltzmann constant

Key Insight: Temperature is inversely proportional to mass - more massive black holes are colder!

Fascinating Consequences

Black Hole Evaporation

As black holes emit Hawking radiation, they lose mass and become hotter, leading to faster evaporation in a runaway process.

Information Paradox

Hawking radiation appears thermal and random, raising questions about what happens to information that falls into black holes.

Cosmological Impact

Current black holes are colder than cosmic background radiation, so they actually absorb more energy than they emit.