I hit a snag while trying to explain black holes to my son. I was explaining that black holes gradually lose mass through Hawking radiation. As the mass decreases, the Schwarzschild radius also decreases. My son asked what happens when the black hole becomes extremely small. In particular, is there a point at which the concept of an event horizon ceases to be meaningful? For a black hole with the Planck mass, $$ M_P \approx 2.18 \times 10^{-8},\mathrm{kg}.
What ultimately happens when a black hole evaporates due to Hawking radiation? [closed]
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