I Can an Atom Become a Black Hole?

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Shrinking an atom to a certain point could theoretically lead to it becoming a black hole, but it would evaporate almost instantaneously, making measurement impossible. The discussion raises questions about the feasibility of shrinking atoms and the methods required to do so. Current technology, such as particle accelerators, lacks the necessary energy to create artificial black holes, which would evaporate quickly. The conversation also highlights humanity's limited understanding of cosmic phenomena and the potential dangers of attempting to manipulate such forces. Overall, the topic underscores the complexities and challenges of black hole formation in a laboratory setting.
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If you shrunk an atom down to a certain point would it become a black hole like all matter in the universe can? How big would it be?
 
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Blop said:
If you shrunk an atom down to a certain point would it become a black hole like all matter in the universe can? How big would it be?
Even if you could, which I doubt, it would evaporate in the instant of its creation so measuring it would be a bit tough.
 
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Blop said:
If you shrunk an atom down to a certain point would it become a black hole like all matter in the universe can? How big would it be?
Just wondering... by what means do you plan on shrinking down an atom?
 
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As with many other concepts, we humans don't have the knowledge to make any kind of impact on a cosmic scale.

Considering the mess we've made of things in our own back yard, this is probably a very good thing...
 
If we could accelerate protons to the Planck energy and collide them, we should be able to form artificial black holes (that evaporate quickly - but then we can study the decay products).
Unfortunately the energy we can reach in current accelerators is a factor 100000000000000 (1014) too low.
 

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