Re: man made black hole

Don Giovanni <laterel0328@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<1118784838.976562.307820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Tuesday 14 June
2005 16:33 posted to sci.physics.relativity:

> is there any chance that the LIGO,
> gravity probe B etc will accelerate
> so much that it will eventually
> give birth to a mini black hole,
> which in turn in avalanche will
> suck in it all the surroundings,
> including the earth etc?

No. LIGO simply will try to measure gravity waves and Gravity Probe B is
testing some aspects of General Relativity like frame dragging.

The magazine "New Scientist" recently reported that some accelerator had
created a mini black hole. That story was picked up by "Scientific
American" among other news sources and a discussion ensued about the
morality of "creating something as dangerous as a black hole on earth". As
it turns out, according to AIPS, the guys that actually know what it was
all about, the "New Scientist" had simply made up the story. Fabricating
stories seems to be a habit with "New Scientist".

Bottom line, don't worry about black holes in the near future. They are hard
to make (require very high gravity) and it is unlikely that humans will
master gravity enough to make one any time soon.

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