Does binary black holes evaporate slower because they compete for attracting virtual particles?

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Is it true that if 2 black holes are near each other, such as binary black holes, will evaporate slower than when they are far apart, because they are competing for attracting virtual particles each other?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:39

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If you look at the time scale for evaporation (which basically asks you to wait for the black hole temperature to be higher than the cosmic background radiation), you will find that binary black holes will have merged (due to emission of gravitational waves) a long, long time before there is any evaporation happening.

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answered Jun 06 '16 at 08:03

Stéphane Rollandin

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Does binary black holes evaporate slower because they compete for attracting virtual particles?

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