Hawking radiation and analogue experiments: a Bayesian analysis

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2019.04.004MaRDI QIDQ2272829zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Radin Dardashti, Stephan Hartmann, Eric Winsberg, Karim P. Y. Thébault

Publication date 16 September 2019

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.05932, http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14819/1/BayesianAnalogueArxiv.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Physics (00A79) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: 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 behaviour of the confirmation measure for multiple distinct realisations of the analogue system and isolate a generic saturation feature. Finally, we demonstrate that different potential analogue realisations could provide different levels of confirmation. Our results provide a basis both to formalise the epistemic value of analogue experiments that have been conducted and to advise scientists as to the respective epistemic value of future analogue experiments.

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