Velocitiy turns things into black holes?

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The discussion centers on the implications of special relativity regarding mass increase at high velocities, specifically referencing the Lorentz factor. At 90% of the speed of light, the Lorentz factor is 2.3, and at 99.9%, it escalates to 22.4, indicating that mass increases significantly with speed. This phenomenon is observable in particle accelerators, where particles achieve masses thousands of times greater than their rest mass. The conversation raises the question of whether particles could reach a mass threshold sufficient to become black holes when accelerated beyond certain limits.

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according to special relativity the mass of an object increases with its velocity by the lorentz factor. the lorentz faktor would be 2.3 for when traveling at 90% the speed of light. as you go faster and faster the lorentz factor increases. it would be 22.4 when traveling at 99.9% the speed of light(relative to our inertial frame of reference). that means that if something is traveling at 99.9% the speed of light it´s mass would be 22.4 times greater.
in particle accelerators single particles get so fast they have a mass several thousand times greater than that same particle would have standing still.
if, from that point on, you go on accelerating that particle even more, wouldn´t that particle at some point have gained enough mass that it turns into a black hole?
 
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