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Originally Posted by mws
My understanding of matter approaching the event horizon of a black hole is that will never actually enter the black hole, because of the extreme gravitational fields present, time will be slowed to such an extent that it would take an eternity to cross the horizon.
Michael
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Hi Michael;
Nice to meet you.
If matter falls towards a black hole, (due to the gravitational attraction forces caused by the density of matter inherent to a black hole), it will pass through the Event Horizon, (unnoticed by the falling matter), speed up to close to the speed of light, heat up, become 'spaghettified', (if the hole is a small one), and eventually decompose. Its remnants will become part of the black hole matter.
An observer watching the matter fall however, would, most likely, see the matter slow to a standstill, heat up and decompose into its fundamental constituents. The sub-atomic picture of the decomposition into its fundamental components changes, depending on the model's assumptions of sub-atomic physics.
Cheers & Rgds.