Hawking radiation and analogue experiments: A Bayesian analysis

We present a Bayesian analysis of the epistemology of analogue experiments with particular reference to Hawking radiation. First, we prove that such experiments can be confirmatory in Bayesian terms based upon appeal to ‘universality arguments’. Second, we provide a formal model for the scaling beha...

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Main Authors: Dardashti, R. (Author), Hartmann, S. (Author), Thébault, K. (Author), Winsberg, E. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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