Hawking Radiation Definition

noun

A form of radiation believed to emanate from black holes, arising from the creation of pairs of subatomic particles in the space adjacent to the black hole, with one particle falling into the black hole and the other radiating away. The energy lost to such radiated particles is believed to cause the eventual disappearance of the black hole.

American Heritage

Origin of Hawking Radiation

Named from the English physicist Stephen Hawking.

From Wiktionary
After Stephen William Hawking

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition