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German astrophysicist and author of a 2008 paper arguing that collider-produced black-hole risks were not fully excluded.
A plausible scenario in which these black holes accrete ambient matter at the Eddington limit shortly after their production, thereby emitting Hawking radiation that would be harmful to Earth and/or CERN and its surroundings, is described.
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R. Plaga, “On the potential catastrophic risk from metastable quantum-black holes produced at particle colliders,” arXiv, August 10, 2008.
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The Large Hadron Collider poses no credible risk of destroying Earth by creating a microscopic black hole
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AI Verified Relevant: Plaga's abstract explicitly explores catastrophic collider black-hole risk and says it could harm Earth/CERN, directly bearing on the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer is against: Plaga's abstract explicitly explores catastrophic collider black-hole risk and says it could harm Earth or CERN, opposing the no-credible-risk statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Authentic: the arXiv abstract for Plaga's paper states a plausible scenario where collider black holes accrete matter and emit harmful Hawking radiation (Aug. 10, 2008). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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