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> to be moving the way particles created in an accelerator move, i.e., at close to the speed of light. Not quite. The proposed method involves rotating two [s
by knodi123 11y ago
> to be moving the way particles created in an accelerator move, i.e., at close to the speed of light.
Not quite. The proposed method involves rotating two [sets of] particles in opposite directions, and then ramming them together. Yes, both sets of particles have super-high velocities- but if they were rammed together, the resulting net velocity should be zero-ish (plus or minus experimental error).
- pdonis 11y ago> if they were rammed together, the resulting net velocity should be zero-ish (plus or minus experimental error). Not necessarily. This is how current accelerator experiments work, and the particles coming out of those do not have zero velocity. However, it is true that there is a key difference between current experiments and a hypothetical experiment that forms a black hole. The rest mass of the particles formed in current experiments is fixed, so any energy pumped into the particles over and above that becomes kinetic energy. But the rest mass of a black hole is not fixed, so it would be possible for all of the energy pumped in to become rest mass of the hole, instead of kinetic energy. (Possible, but still not guaranteed, as far as I can see; but since nobody really has a detailed theory of how all this would work, it's all speculation anyway.)