Can Two Neutrinos Form a Black Hole?

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The discussion explores whether two neutrinos, despite their lack of electric and color charge, could collapse into a black hole due to their mass. While the gravitational field between two neutrinos is minimal, the idea suggests that under certain conditions, they could interact gravitationally. Calculations indicate that the Schwarzschild radius for neutrinos is much smaller than the Planck length, which is considered a significant scale in quantum gravity theories. However, the Planck length is not the absolute smallest length, as it marks a scale where quantum gravity effects become relevant. The conversation concludes that while individual neutrinos may not form a black hole, a larger collection could potentially do so.
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Hm, I wonder since neutrino's have no electric charge or color charge, but do have mass, is it possible for two neutrinos to come so close together that they collapse on themselves? Although the gravitational field between just two neutrinos is extremely small, it should still be possible right if they have no other interaction with each other?

Of course, the idea could be expanded to LOTS of neutrinos, but I am curious of just two.
What would happen??

Thanks
 
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No. I calculated the schwarzchild radius of two of the largest neutrino mass estimations I could find to be significantly smaller than a Planck length.
 
Wow, how interesting! So the Planck length is really considered to be the smallest length?
 
Indeed, if you had a bunch of neutrinos you could form a black hole.

As for the Planck length, it's not really the smallest length. It's the approximate length scale at which we think Quantum Gravity will become important. So I guess you could say it's the smallest length scale we can reasonably probe with our current theories, since we have no good theory of QG right now.
 
So I know that electrons are fundamental, there's no 'material' that makes them up, it's like talking about a colour itself rather than a car or a flower. Now protons and neutrons and quarks and whatever other stuff is there fundamentally, I want someone to kind of teach me these, I have a lot of questions that books might not give the answer in the way I understand. Thanks
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