Abstract
Around the time that the Large Hadron Collider first turned on in 2008, they were a series of dramatic headlines claiming that the Large Hadron Collider could produce mini black holes and that these black holes would then eat up the Earth! These stories were all over the internet, including sites that you would’ve thought were more reliable, serious sources. For example, the National Geographic News on September 10, 2008, had the following headline: “Worst Case: Collider Spawns Planet-Devouring Black Hole.” (Fig. 8.1).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Nomura, Y., Poirier, B., Terning, J. (2018). Mini Black Holes. In: Nekoogar, F. (eds) Quantum Physics, Mini Black Holes, and the Multiverse . Multiversal Journeys. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41709-7_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41709-7_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-41708-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-41709-7
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)