1999/10/25 by Arnon Dar, A. De Rújula, Ulrich Heinz · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(99)01307-6
published as Phys.Lett.B470:142-148,1999 · LaTeX, no figures
arxiv created 1999/10/25 · openalex publication_date 1999/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory will study collisions between gold nuclei at unprecedented energies. The concern has been voiced that ``strangelets''-hypothetical products of these collisions - may trigger the destruction of our planet. We show how naturally occurring heavy-ion collisions can be used to derive a safe and stringent upper bound on the risk incurred in running these experiments.