Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers,net.physics Subject: Re: Re: Procyon's Promise & antimatter black holes Message-ID: <357@baylor.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 11:59:07 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.357 Posted: Mon Aug 12 11:59:07 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:11:59 EDT References: <320@baylor.UUCP> <1491@shark.UUCP> <313@ttrdc.UUCP> <560@mmintl.UUCP> <530@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria Lines: 31 Xref: linus net.books:2051 net.sf-lovers:8343 net.physics:2848 > Then I thought of the contentions that I have read that the entire > observable universe could be inside a black hole. Since the radius goes > up with the mass, the average density of a hole with the universe's mass > is rather close to the real average density of the universe... So this > would have to depend then on the mass of the black hole, would it not? > After all, a black hole containing our universe could be orbiting a > black hole containing an anti-matter universe... Doesn't matter what's in a black hole, because it's not observable. That means antimatter black holes would behave just like matter ones. Thus I-masses are still nonesense. > If the black hole is small enough, then the mass/density ratio would not > let subatomic "particles" exist anymore -- I don't know if that means it At that point quantum mechnics takes over and everything tunnels out in a split second. > would be a squish of quarks or if even quarks would have ceased to be > distinct -- and then the "matter"-ness or "antimatter"-ness of the > contents would no longer be definable, since that is a characteristic of > a higher level of particle than could exist in there. There must be some > magic size point, though, when the mass is large enough that the average > internal density allows "normal" particle formation inside. I have no > idea what would determine what particles would form in this environment. Any REAL physicists want to comment on that? -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076