Black Hole Explosions: Translation and Analysis of Stephen Hawking's Paper

A translation of Stephen Hawking's landmark paper on black hole radiation has been published on Habr. Over half a century ago, Hawking proposed the counterintuitive hypothesis that black holes are not perfectly 'black' but emit radiation, gradually losing mass. For low-mass objects, this process can culminate in a rapid acceleration of radiation and the eventual disappearance of the black hole, metaphorically described as an 'explosion.' This work was one of the first attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics with Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The author of the post, @avshkol, has provided not only a high-quality Russian translation of the paper but also detailed explanatory notes. These comments make the complex physical text accessible to a broader audience interested in fundamental science and the history of theoretical physics.