An illustration of a supermassive black hole merging with a smaller black hole. Such interactions can produce asteroid-sized “fragments” of the black hole, and scientists are eager to study them. (Image credit: Pitris via Getty Images)
A new theoretical study suggests that tiny black holes created by powerful cosmic collisions could provide unique insights into the quantum structure of space and time.
Moreover, signals from these “black hole particles” could potentially be detected by modern instruments, the researchers reported in a paper published in the journal Nuclear Physics B.
“Our work demonstrates that if these objects have indeed formed, their emission could already be detected by existing gamma-ray observatories,” Francesco Sannino, a theoretical physicist at the University of Southern Denmark and a co-author of the study, told Live Science in an email.
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