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arxiv: 0911.2243 · v2 · submitted 2009-11-11 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.HE· hep-ph

Comment on "Kerr Black Holes as Particle Accelerators to Arbitrarily High Energy"

classification 🌀 gr-qc astro-ph.HEhep-ph
keywords arbitrarilyblackenergyhighholesparticleacceleratorsastrophysical
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It has been suggested that rotating black holes could serve as particle colliders with arbitrarily high center-of-mass energy. Astrophysical limitations on the maximal spin, back-reaction effects and sensitivity to the initial conditions impose severe limits on the likelihood of such collisions.

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