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Old 25-September-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
Well, there was that "fireball". If anything, that indicates that RHIC was getting pretty darn close to the energy levels required to produce mBH's. Since LHC will be an order of magnitude more powerful than RHIC, the risk of producing mBH's in the first place will be greater.
But; the risk of producing one is only a small part of the equation. In fact, I thought the intent was to make one and learn from it. I thought what was at issue here is the behavior and results of one.
Besides, didn't the RHIC event help reinforce current theories?
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