• Question: How small can a black hole get?

    Asked by Callum140 to Peter on 15 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Peter Boorman

      Peter Boorman answered on 15 Nov 2016:

      Hi Callum,

      Great question! In fact, before I started my PhD, I was working on ‘micro black holes’, which are black holes that are predicted to be produced when particles collide at high energies, but are on similar sizes to that of atoms! Because they are so small, they are also predicted to not last for long though before decaying into other particles, so may be a bit tricky to detect in experiments!

      Peter

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