If the Higgs field decays the effect would be to make the quarks massless and protons and
neutrons would disintegrate. But inside a black hole it would have no effect on the rest
of the universe.
Brent
On 9/8/2014 11:45 PM, LizR wrote:
For the second question, as Brent pointed out physical quantities go to infinity (or
more realistically to the Planck scale) in black hole formation. In other words they
probably go as high as the universe will allow - but since they're (normally?) inside an
event horizon, we won't be able to observe the results, even in principle.
On 9 September 2014 17:46, Stephen Paul King <stephe...@charter.net
<mailto:stephe...@charter.net>> wrote:
Hi,
Has any one figured out how Hawking for that number and will you explain
it to
us? Do energies of that scale even occur in the formation of black holes?
On Sunday, September 7, 2014 11:17:19 PM UTC-4, cdemorsella wrote:
What do the physicists on this list think about Hawkins recent claim
that the
Higgs Boson can become metastable at energies above 10^11 GeV and
potentially
cause the end of the universe by creating an unstoppable vacuum
expanding out at
the speed of light?
Is there something – theoretically possible -- to this latest
conjecture of his,
or has Stephen been watching too many Dr. Who reruns?
Sept. 7 (UPI) --As first discovered by theSunday Times
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/god-particle-could-destroy-the-universe-says-stephen-hawking/story-fnb64oi6-1227050481513?nk=2d907a0ab52572e7c9439c4e797e761e>of
the United Kingdom, in the preface of an upcoming
book,/Starmus/,Stephen Hawking
<http://www.upi.com/topic/Stephen_Hawking/>claims the Higgs Boson
particle,
a.k.a. the "God particle," could end the universe. He claims if enough
energy is
directed at the particle, it could cause space and time to completely
collapse.
He also claims that we "wouldn't see it coming."
The Higgs Boson particle is said to be the particle that gives matter
its mass.
"The Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become
metastable
at energies above 100bn gigaelectronvolts (GeV)," Hawking writes. He
claims that
under such conditions, it is theoretically possible the particle would
cause an
unstoppable vacuum to form that would expand at the speed of light.
The likelihood of such an event occurring is apparently very low.
According to
Hawking, "A particle accelerator that reaches 100bn GeV would be larger
than
Earth, and is unlikely to be funded in the present economic climate."
The end of
days scenario is then very theoretical, but he still believe it is
possible
Read
more:http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/09/07/Higgs-Boson-particle-could-destroy-universe-according-to-Stephen-Hawking/9651410124628/#ixzz3CgptXOvK
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