Re: Brookhaven Responds to black hole report

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 03/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:00:18 -0800

Mark Martin wrote:
>
> 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.

How do you figure that? If the EP were violated by 10% or it were
not, what difference would it make in the cited example? If GR were
incorrect by 10% or it were not, what difference would it make in the
cited example? 

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