Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?

Experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory will study collisions between gold nuclei at unprecedented energies. The concern has been voiced that ``strangelets''-hypothetical products of these collisions - may trigger the destruction of our planet. We show how naturally occurring hea...

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Autor principal: De Rújula, Alvaro
Lenguaje:eng
eng
Publicado: CERN 1999
Materias:
Particle Physics
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/406749
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author De Rújula, Alvaro
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description Experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory will study collisions between gold nuclei at unprecedented energies. The concern has been voiced that ``strangelets''-hypothetical products of these collisions - may trigger the destruction of our planet. We show how naturally occurring heavy-ion collisions can be used to derive a safe and stringent upper bound on the risk incurred in running these experiments.
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spelling cern-4067492022-11-02T22:16:58Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/406749engengDe Rújula, AlvaroWill relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?Particle PhysicsExperiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory will study collisions between gold nuclei at unprecedented energies. The concern has been voiced that ``strangelets''-hypothetical products of these collisions - may trigger the destruction of our planet. We show how naturally occurring heavy-ion collisions can be used to derive a safe and stringent upper bound on the risk incurred in running these experiments.A talk on the risk of studying collisionsCERNoai:cds.cern.ch:4067491999
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Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
title Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
title_full Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
title_fullStr Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
title_full_unstemmed Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
title_short Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
title_sort will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
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