Will the world survive the first collisions at RHIC?

• Suppose a black hole was formed in a head-on collision between two 100-GeV/A Au ions.

• Properties of this black hole (Astronomy 142):

  • The Schwarzschild radius is 2.1 x 10-47 m
  • The black hole evaporates via Hawking radiation in about 2.3 x 10-82 s
  • Before the black hole evaporates, it moves 7 x 10-74 m
  • The black hole can not acquire additional material before it evaporates.

• Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • There will be life after RHIC.

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