Re: Lab fireball 'may be black hole'

From: N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\) (net_at_nospam.com)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:18:47 -0700

Dear Creighton Hogg:

"Creighton Hogg" <wchogg@hep.wisc.edu> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0503201317430.27399-100000@dill.hep.wisc.edu...
>
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, it was written:
>
>> "Bunn E. Rabbit" <BunnERabbit@verizon.hutch.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:5coq315n5ko1cj4km28qkl5a0qb2ahla5n@4ax.com...
>> >
>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4357613.stm
>> >
>> > Lab fireball 'may be black hole'
>>
>> There was a SciFi short story about this. Controlled "burst"
>> fusion was being used to produce power, and tiny black holes
>> were
>> orbitting through the Earth. Before we knew about Hawking
>> radiation, I presume.
>
> Except, again, I feel the need to point out that the article in
> question
> has nothing to do with black holes as people are thinking of
> them.

The article was pretty clear that fewer constituent particles
than expected were seen coming out, but lots of purportedly
Hawking radiation... indicating that the holes were evaporating.

What do you fear they are thinking of, permanent structures that
continue to absorb mass and growing larger? Apparently not the
case.

David A. Smith

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