Weinstein, Galina (2021) Do gravitational waves confirm Hawking’s area law? [Preprint]

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Recently an experiment has been performed for the purpose of ” testing the area Law with GW150914 data”. As the experimenters put it, the experiment presents ”observational confirmation” of Hawking’s area law based on the GW150914 data. It is the purpose of this paper to philosophically examine the test of the area law and to show that the area law is not confirmable yet is falsifiable. Accordingly, the GW150914 data do not confirm Hawking’s area law. What has been tested with positive results was the hypothesis A3 > A1 + A2, where A3 = GW150914 remnant and A1 + A2 = GW150914 merger. But this single instance does not provide observational confirmation of Hawking’s area law.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Weinstein, Galina galiweinstein.mc2@gmail.com
Keywords:	gravitational waves, Hawking, area law, GW150914, black hole, LIGO, Kerr, no-hair theorem, Penrose, confirmation,
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Depositing User:	Dr. Galina Weinstein
Date Deposited:	11 May 2023 13:04
Last Modified:	11 May 2023 13:04
Item ID:	22091
Official URL:	https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.10680
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Date:	23 July 2021
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22091

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