¿Llueven agujeros negros?

6 de December, 2003 · Sin comentarios · Visto 163 veces

If some of physicists’ favourite theories about extra dimensions are correct, it would also be possible for high-energy cosmic-ray particles from space to create black holes when they collide with molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere (New Scientist print edition, 29 September 2001).

These black holes would be invisibly small, with a mass of only 10 micrograms or so. And they would be so unstable that they would explode in a burst of particles within around a billion-billion-billionth of a second.

Como se ve, todo empieza con un tremendo condicional. Por otra parte, parece que esos diminutos agujeros negros explicarían algunas extrañas observaciones. Pero lo mejor queda para el final:

If they are right, the consequences would be stunning. As well as proving that tiny black holes exist, it would unveil hidden dimensions in our universe.

It would also show that the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva will soon be able to churn out black holes to order. Particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, due to start in 2007, would have enough energy to create thousands of black holes every day.

Oh, boy! We are in trouble.

(vía die puny humans)

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