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Analogue black-hole horizons

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Some gravitational phenomena are difficult or even impossible to observe in real spacetime. Laboratory analogues of black-hole horizons offer new perspectives on field theory effects that might help our understanding of gravitation.

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Fig. 1: A horizon in a water flume.
Fig. 2: A horizon in a BEC flow.
Fig. 3: A horizon in an exciton-polariton device.

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I thank R. Carballo-Rubio, L. Garay and G. Jannes for comments and suggestions. Financial support was provided by the Spanish MINECO through projects FIS2014-54800-C2-1 and FIS2017-86497-C2-1 (with FEDER contribution), and by the Junta de Andalucía through the project FQM219.

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