Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-09 v1
Abstract
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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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9910471,
title = {Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?},
author = {Arnon Dar and A. De Rújula and Ulrich Heinz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9910471},
year = {2009}
}
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