Analogue gravity and the Hawking effect: historical perspective and literature review

• Published in: European physical journal H Vol. 48; no. 1
• Main Authors: Almeida, Carla R., Jacquet, Maxime J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V; EDP Sciences
• Subjects: Analogies; Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Black holes; General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology; Gravity; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; History for Physics: Contextualizing Modern Developments in the Foundations of Quantum Theory; History of Science; Literature reviews; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum field theory; Quantum Physics; Quantum theory; Regular Article; Hawking; black hole; gravitation; effect; space-time; history; field theory; thermodynamical

Reasoning by analogies permeates theoretical developments in physics and astrophysics, motivated by the unreachable nature of many phenomena at play. For example, analogies have been used to understand black hole physics, leading to the development of a thermodynamic theory for these objects and the...