Re: Brookhaven Responds to black hole report
From: Mark Martin (qed100_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/23/05
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Date: 23 Mar 2005 06:43:31 -0800
Al wrote:
> http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/black_holes.htm
"...the rapid deceleration of RHIC ions as they smash into each other
for a very short period of time (about 10^(-23) second) is similar to
the extreme gravitational environment in the vicinity of a black hole.
This means that RHIC collisions should emit a bunch of thermal
particles similar to the "Hawking radiation" emitted by a black
hole."
That's a truly deep insight. In this sense alone the experiment is also
a test of the equivalence principle, of general relativity, under
extreme conditions.
-Mark Martin
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