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Black Holes and Hidden Dimensions

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-into-my-other-universe dept.

Slackware Geek writes "It is being reported in the Nature Science Update that a new observitory being built in Argentina to study cosmic rays could detect extra hidden dimensions if they exist. 'Cosmic rays could find holes in Standard Model of particle physics ...If the Universe contains invisible, extra dimensions, then cosmic rays that hit the atmosphere will produce tiny black holes. These black holes should be numerous enough for the observatory to detect.'"

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  1. Re:Bad idea? by JanneM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The experiment doesn't create black holes; it's just about detecting whether cosmic rays produce them naturally.

    If they do, BTW, the holes are so small that they evaporate almost instantly.

    /Janne

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  2. Re:Bad idea? by mandolin · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Creating all these black holes and stuff seems dangerous.

    According to the liner notes, the observatory would detect black holes, not create them.