One way to collect data about black holes is to analyse the X-rays emitted from the surrounding plasmas heated to extreme temperatures by the flux of photons flowing into them. The use of intense lasers to recreate these conditions in the lab provides a potentially valuable tool for understanding what these data mean.
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Drake, R. How to see a black hole. Nature Phys 5, 786–787 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1448
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