Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?

被引：31

作者：

Dar, A ^{[1
]}

De Rújula, A

Heinz, U

机构：

[1] CERN, Div Theory, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

[2] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Phys, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel

[3] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Space Res Inst, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 1999年 / 470卷 / 1-4期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01307-6

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

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. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. AII rights reserved.

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页码：142 / 148

页数：7

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