Einstein equations indicate possibility of black hole formation at the LHC Date: Monday, April 05, 2010 @ 17:39:48 UTC Topic: Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the concerns that has been voiced about
the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is that it could result in the
formation of black holes that could destroy the world. While most
scientists dismiss claims that anything produced in the LHC would
destroy the planet, there are some that think that black formation could
be seen with LHC collisions of sufficiently high energy. This idea has
gotten a further boost from recent efforts by Matthew Choptuik at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Frans Pretorius, at
Princeton University in New Jersey.
“What we did was a calculation,” Choptuik tells PhysOrg.com. “We
solved some of the Einstein field equations describing head on soliton
collisions at certain energies.” Choptuik and Pretorius present their
work, and their conclusions, in Physical Review Letters: “Ultrarelativistic Particle Collisions.”...
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the concerns that has been voiced about
the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is that it could result in the
formation of black holes that could destroy the world. While most
scientists dismiss claims that anything produced in the LHC would
destroy the planet, there are some that think that black formation could
be seen with LHC collisions of sufficiently high energy. This idea has
gotten a further boost from recent efforts by Matthew Choptuik at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Frans Pretorius, at
Princeton University in New Jersey.