In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:20:19 -0500: Hi, [snip] > >The large Hadron back in the news, >Richard > > >http://www.worldnetdaily.com:80/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74044
Quote: "The Large Hadron Collider will not be producing anything that does not happen routinely in nature due to cosmic rays," he told the Sunday Telegraph. "If they were dangerous we would know about it already." This is wrong. Cosmic rays are stopped in the atmosphere which is a gas, and not very dense. That means that microscopic black holes have a chance to evaporate before traveling their MFP. With the supercollider however any black holes formed may collide with a solid, which has a much smaller MFP, potentially giving black holes a chance to grow before they evaporate. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
