Submission + - Could All Particles Be Mini Black Holes? 2
freakshowsam writes: The idea that all particles are mini black holes has major implications for both particle physics and astrophysics, say scientists. Could it really be possible that all particles are mini-black holes? That's the tantalising suggestion from Donald Coyne from UC Santa Cruz (now deceased) and D C Cheng from the Almaden Research Center near San Jose. Black holes are regions of space in which gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
The trouble with gravity is that on anything other than an astrophysical scale, it is so weak that it can safely be ignored. However, many physicists have assumed that on the tiniest scale, the Planck scale, gravity regains its strength.
The trouble with gravity is that on anything other than an astrophysical scale, it is so weak that it can safely be ignored. However, many physicists have assumed that on the tiniest scale, the Planck scale, gravity regains its strength.