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Re:Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole t... by Filligree on Thursday July 01, 2021 @07:48AM (#27698171)
"Temperature" in this case refers to the amount of energy they emit due to hawking radiation.

By comparing to a black-body curve, you can define a temperature for the hole. Obviously it's not a real object with a real temperature -- if it were, I believe the temperature might be infinite -- but this still works for the purposes of deciding whether it'll grow or shrink.

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