# What does black hole evaporation correspond to in the accelerating universe / black hole analogy?

In the same way, as a black hole emits Hawking radiation corresponding to its temperature

$$T = \frac{\hbar}{r_{BH}}$$

the accelerating universe can be described as all of the stuff falling towards the cosmic horizon, such that it is analogue to a black hole where the cosmic horizon takes the role of the event horizon with the black hole "interior" being outside.

The corresponding temperature of the accelerating universe is given by

$$T = \hbar H = \frac{\hbar}{R_{H}}$$

where H is the Hubble constant. Therefore, the cosmic horizon emits something similar to Hawking radiation too.

The fate of a black hole is to finally evaporate. My question is: What does black hole evaporation correspond to in the accelerating universe when making use of this analogy?

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Dear downvoter, what is wrong with my question, can you please be a bit more specific and explicit thant just pushing the button ? –  Dilaton Apr 21 '14 at 11:14

## 1 Answer

An analogy in the settings of the question would be a deceleration down to an expansion rate, such that eventually light from anywhere in the universe can reach us, meaning the cosmic horizon can vanish. A constant expansion rate of the universe above the speed of light would be the analogy of a black hole of fixed mass.

In an infinite universe this would mean, that its expansion needs to slow down to an asymptotic speed for infinite distance below the speed of light. For a finite 3-spherical universe for a fixed cosmic time a slow-down to below the speed of light would be sufficient. This would correspond to a massive follow-up object of the black hole without event horizon.

For an analogy to a completely evaporating black hole the expansion rate needs to slow down to zero. The slow down between speed of light and zero corresponds to the very last phase of black hole evaporation, when its mass drops below the Planck mass, then without event horizon.

The analogy to Hawking radiation would be radiation or matter emerging from behind the former cosmic horizon.

Thinking in stereographic projections may help for a better understanding: Project infinity of a plane expanding universe to the singularity of a black hole at the north pole of an expanding sphere, as an initial point of further reasoning.

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