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A Chain Reaction of Black Holes Generates Gravitational Waves ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Hawking-radiation-ignited autocatalytic formation of primordial black holes"
· Alexander Yakimenko
arXiv:2511.18110 · 2025-11-22 · CC BY 4.0 · ⏱ 1 min · General Relativity Cosmology nlin.PS
Evaporating primordial black holes could trigger a chain reaction, birthing new holes and a distinctive gravitational wave background.
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In the beginning, tiny black holes evaporated, but their heat ignited the surrounding plasma. A chain reaction arose: one hole gave birth to another, and a fiery front swept through the universe. Today, only an echo remains — gravitational waves with a unique imprint. We will be able to 'hear' the breath of the newborn universe.

🎯 The expansion of the universe acts like a downpour on a forest fire; once the plasma becomes too rarefied, the chain reaction cuts off, imprinting a sharp silence onto gravitational waves at low frequencies.

🎬 In sci-fi, self-replicating objects — from replicators to 'grey goo' — often lead to disasters. Here, black holes become cosmic replicators, but only at the dawn of time.

Scientists
Adam RiessBrian SchmidtEdwin HubbleGeorges LemaîtreMaarten SchmidtSaul Perlmutter
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gravitational waves black hole expansion of the universe
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Hubble's lawHawking radiationgravitational lensingBekenstein-Hawking entropyEinstein field equationsno-hair theorem
Original: arXiv:2511.18110 · CC BY 4.0 · bridge42worlds