Dale.Amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (03/11/89)
But wouldn't that mean that an object free falling across the membrane would be dissociated into elementary particles as it fell through? Or can we assume that the time duration of the dissociation is so small for the falling object that the particles have no time to move or change state before its neighbors pass through and reinstate their forces on it? This might mean that inside a black hole an object is not only unable to move in +r, but it may be impossible for it to stand still without turning into a cloud of particles. Would their be a critical velocity at which it must travel in +r? Might this be the free fall velocity?
kpmancus@BOGEY.PRINCETON.EDU (Keith P. Mancus) (03/11/89)
Good question. It does seem that it should be dissociated as it passes through, independeently of the tidal forces acting on it. I have no idea whether there is a critical velocity for it to survive. There certainly can't be any tension on the cable!