The Boston Globe has an amazing photo essay on the installation of the LHC. But don’t worry, CERN says that no black holes will be created, but if they did, any black holes that are created would disintegrate instantly, and even if they didn’t, they wouldn’t be positively charged so they couldn’t suck up the Earth. So in summary even if the LHC did manage to create a stable black hole it’d be a weeny one with very small effect on the Earth. Besides, the LHC is has the same potential of making bad stuff like black holes, strangelets, vacuum bubbles and magnetic monopoles than is being made in the universe anyway, but if it does happen, instead of it being millions of light years away, it’ll be in Switzerland where we can watch it easily. See? Safe!
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(perfectly safe...)
Collissions scheduled to begin October 21 at slowly increasing energies, but some estimates are that collisions may be delayed until 2009.
The CERN Courier predicted possible micro black hole creation at one per second. Dr. Rossler estimates that the probability of micro black hole creation might be in the 10% to 16% range. If created then 50 months to 50 years might be required for a micro black hole to destroy Earth.
Professor Rossler's plea to the world for an emergency safety meeting is posted at http://www.lchfacts.org.
"A nightmarish situation, that can still be hoped to be averted in time through communication within the scientific community, is drawn attention to. Only a few weeks remain to find out whether the danger is real or nothing but a mirage. After this time window is closed, it will take years until we know whether or not we are doomed. The story line has all the features of a best-selling novel. The reader is asked to contribute constructively."
Quote from Dr. Otto E. Rossler, Professor Theoretical Biochemist, visiting Professor of Theoretical Physics, inventor of the Rossler Attractor, founder of Endophysics, winner of the 2003 Chaos Award of the University of Liege and the 2003 Rene Descartes Award.
Professor Rosslers latest interview may be found at http://www.scientificblogging.com/big_science_gambles/professor_rossler_takes_on_the_lhc
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