Re: Strange Light over Norway
Posted by JAC on 12/10/2009, 6:06 am
It is interesting about a micro black hole being created by LHC.

The physics is a bit over my head, but I would think there is a finite probability, albeit very small, that one could be created based on Heisenberg's uncertanity principle.

If one were produced, the argument is they would decay based on Hawking radiation.  

But, I think that is based on the fact there is a Higgs field which is yet to be proven experimentally.  

In fact, that is what the current goal of the LHC is; i.e. to detect the presence of the Higgs Boson.

Tongue in cheek, but maybe that is how they plan to detect it.  

If a black hole forms and decays --> there is a Higgs Boson.

If a black hole forms and the earth is swallowed up --> no Higgs Boson.



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