'Superfluids, BECs and Bosenovas: The Ultimate Experiment' - ScientificBlogging.com - Alan Gillis - 2 July 2008: "What astonished some physicists was another BEC event in 2001, well beyond anything anticipated. The BEC discovery team at JILA produced a new rubidium-85 BEC. While an electromagnetic field was applied to cause a stronger attraction among the BEC atoms, the BEC started to shrink and then exploded like a supernova. The result was a release of particles in various streams, leaving behind a much smaller BEC remnant. The thermal energy released was greater than the energy in the BEC and about half of all the thousands of atoms of the rubidium-85 disappeared. The effect was at first nicknamed the bosenova, and still a total puzzle to this day. After 7 years of study, the latest research on whatever goes on in a bosenova, now referred to as a BEC loss, needs a “new microscopic BEC physics” to explain it, says N.R. Claussen et al of a joint BEC team at the U of Colorado at Boulder, in a paper published in February this year. A second team at UC-Boulder led by Elizabeth A. Donley published the following month, also could not account for the bosenova phenomenon nor the apparent loss of atoms." "The possibilities of a giant BEC bosenova produced in superfluid Helium II haven’t been investigated. The matter is urgent as 120 T of superfluid Helium II are being used at the Large Hadron Collider at Geneva, whose energies far surpass any other collider’s, not only beam energies, but RF applied, extreme Tesla Fields by superconducting magnets, and electrical energies equivalent to the consumption of Geneva, powering the 27 km ring system." Disappearing Atoms and a Collider Fireball - 'The Butterfly Effect' 2005 Black Hole created in RHIC Fireball? 'Lab fireball 'may be black hole'' - BBC News - March 17, 2005: "A fireball created in a US particle accelerator has the characteristics of a black hole, a physicist has said. It was generated at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in New York, US, which smashes beams of gold nuclei together at near light speeds. Horatiu Nastase says his calculations show that the core of the fireball has a striking similarity to a black hole. His work has been published on the pre-print website arxiv.org and is reported in New Scientist magazine. 2001 Black Hole created in Bose-Einstein condensate explosion accident? (AVI animation showing the "Bosenova" explosion of a Bose-Einstein condensate.)> Nobel laureate Dr. Eric A. Cornell, who leads Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) research at the University of Colorado, doesn’t think a micro black hole was created by one of his experiments, but he does not rule out the possibility that a stable micro black hole might explain thousands of missing atoms after an unexplained (bosenova) implosion of a “super atom” containing 16,000 Rb85 atoms at 3 nk (3 billionths of a degree above absolute zero). These atoms were already compressed to approximately the size of a single atom while mutually repelling each other, and when the atoms were subsequently induced to attract to each the BEC unexpectedly imploded beyond detection then exploded but thousands of atoms could not be accounted for, they unexpectedly and mysteriously vanished. From the Cornell-Weiman Nobel Prize Lecture. "Further experimentation by the JILA team in 2000 uncovered a hitherto unknown property of Bose–Einstein condensates. Cornell, Wieman, and their coworkers originally used rubidium-87, an isotope whose atoms naturally repel each other, making a more stable condensate. The JILA team instrumentation now had better control over the condensate so experimentation was made on naturally attracting atoms of another rubidium isotope, rubidium-85 (having negative atom-atom scattering length). Through a process called Feshbach resonance involving a sweep of the magnetic field causing spin flip collisions, the JILA researchers lowered the characteristic, discrete energies at which the rubidium atoms bond into molecules making their Rb-85 atoms repulsive and creating a stable condensate. The reversible flip from attraction to repulsion stems from quantum interference among condensate atoms which behave as waves. When the scientists raised the magnetic field strength still further, the condensate suddenly reverted back to attraction, imploded and shrank beyond detection, and then exploded, blowing off about two-thirds of its 10,000 or so atoms. About half of the atoms in the condensate seemed to have disappeared from the experiment altogether, not being seen either in the cold remnant or the expanding gas cloud. Carl Wieman explained that under current atomic theory this characteristic of Bose–Einstein condensate could not be explained because the energy state of an atom near absolute zero should not be enough to cause an implosion; however, subsequent mean-field theories have been proposed to explain it. Because supernova explosions are implosions, the explosion of a collapsing Bose–Einstein condensate was named "bosenova", a pun on the musical style bossa nova." Nobel laureate Dr. Eric A. Cornell, does not rule out the possibility of stable micro black hole creation after an unexpected bosenova implosion at the university of Colorado." "According to other reports, close to half the atoms could not be accounted for, suggesting that if a micro black hole was the explanation for the missing atoms, then the micro black hole was a STABLE micro black hole AND the cold remnant was far large than could be explained. Dr. Cornell does not have a good explaination for what happened, and he thinks a stable micro black hole is a less likely explanation, but he does not reasonably rule this possibility out, that a stable micro black hole might have been created." 'Implosion and explosion of a Bose-Einstein condensate "Bosenova"' - NIST.gov(Natl' Inst. of Standards and Technology): "The condensate first shrinks as expected, but rather than gradually clumping together in a mass, there is instead a sudden explosion of atoms outward. This "explosion," which actually corresponds to a tiny amount of energy by normal standards, continues for a few thousandths of a second. Left behind is a small cold remnant condensate surrounded by the expanding gas of the explosion. About half the original atoms in the condensate seem to have vanished in that they are not seen in either the remnant or the expanding gas cloud. Since the phenomenon looks very much like a tiny supernova, or exploding star, the JILA team dubbed it a "Bosenova". The most surprising thing about the Bosenova is that the fundamental physical process behind the explosion is still a mystery" 'Capturing the "Holy Grail"' - NIST.gov(Natl' Inst. of Standards and Technology): "In July 2001, Cornell and Wieman were part of a CU-Boulder/JILA team that was able to make a BEC shrink—an event which was followed by a tiny explosion. The team said the phenomenon was similar in some ways to a microscopic supernova explosion and dubbed it a "Bosenova." About half of the original atoms appear to vanish during the process." Wikipedia user User LF1975 corresponded with a (Nobel Laureate) member of the team that observed the "bosenova" event at RHIC ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LF1975 ), below. Correspondence with Eric A. Cornell, JILA Fellow NIST/JILA - University of Colorado, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics for 2001. Subject: Questions about Bose-Einstein condensate. 29 Feb 2008 "Dear Mr. Cornell, I understand from the wikipedia page on Bose-Einstein condensate that you were part of the team which observed the so called "Bosenova explosion" phenomenon. In that wikipedia page it is stated that "When the scientists raised the magnetic field strength still further, the condensate suddenly reverted back to attraction, imploded and shrank beyond detection, and then exploded, blowing off about two-thirds of its 10,000 or so atoms. About half of the atoms in the condensate seemed to have disappeared from the experiment altogether, not being seen either in the cold remnant or the expanding gas cloud." Did you got a definitive explanation for the missing atoms in the mean time? Could be the creation of a so called micro black hole in the Bosenova explosion taken into consideration? Best regards , L F 03 Mar 2008." Cornell's response; "Probably not a black hole. More likely, they just clumped together into molecules, which makes them invisible to our laser. -- Eric A. Cornell, JILA Fellow NIST/JILA - University of Colorado, CB 440" WTF?!? Visit the excellent LHCFacts.org for important details including responses from Wieman and Cornell. A Black Hole inside Earth would grow like a Tumor until it's size begins creating Earthquakes as it engulfs the entire Planet and all Life with it. Physicists don't know if this would take moments or months to occur. Did you help create a Black Hole? Know someone who did? Speak Up! Whistle Blowers Wanted! Anonymity Guaranteed. SaneScience@Gmail.com Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days Worldwide earthquakes with M4.0+ located by USGS and Contributing Agencies. (Earthquakes with M2.5+ within the United States and adjacent areas.) Click HERE for the Fully Interactive version of this map. Recent Earthquake Activity; Earthquake one of the biggest in past century KUALA LUMPUR, May 10, 2008, Magnitude 6.5 Guam, May 9, 2008, Magnitude 6.7 Japan May 7, 2008, Magnitude 6.7 Alaska, May 5, 2008 - Earthquake felt underwater Oregon, April 30, 2008 Scientists are working to determine the cause of an unusual swarm of earthquakes off the central Oregon coast after taking a special "earthquake cruise" to the site and back from April 20 to April 24. Unusual, unique, and weird is how researchers at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) described the swarm of more than 600 earthquakes that occurred about 150 nautical miles southwest of Newport during the first two weeks of April in an area not known for much seismic activity. Japan, April 29, 2008, Magnitude 5.5 The focus of the earthquake, which was estimated at 5.5 on the open-ended Richter scale, was located about 60 kilometers below the seabed east of Aomori Prefecture. American Chronical, April 28, 2008 Recent earthquake activity – Are we just days away from the big one? Less than 2 weeks ago a report stated that California has a 99% chance of a "big" earthquake within the next 30 years (magnitude 7.5 or greater), and with all the recent earthquake activity, could this be much sooner than expected? Scientists have urged residents in northern Nevada´s largest city (Reno) to prepare for a bigger event, following 2 months of earthquake activity in the area. The latest quake on Friday (magnitude 4.7), was the largest since 1953 (magnitude 5.2). There have of course been bigger earthquakes in the region: Landers 7.3 (1992), Little Skull Mountain 5.7 (1992), Fairview Peak 7.1 (1954), Eureka 6.5 (1954), Excelsior Mountains 6.5 (1934), Parkfield 6.1 (1934) and others. American Chronicle wrote: In truth, there has been considerable activity in many other places in the world, especially around the "Ring of Fire". The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. American Chronicle wrote: a large earthquake is followed by much smaller ones (aftershocks). However, the pattern seen in Nevada is the complete opposite, where the quakes are growing stronger each time. This has raised some questions and a small number of people have even suggested that they may be "manmade" (although only a very small group of people follow this line of thought). JAKARTA, April 27, 2008, Magnitude 5.5 & 5.6: Two earthquakes measuring 5.5 and 5.6 respectively on the Richter scale rocked Sumatra and Java Islands in western Indonesia on Sunday... Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity United States, Reno Nevada, April 27, 2008: Seismologists said the recent activity is unusual because the quakes started out small and continue to build in strength. The normal pattern is for a main quake followed by smaller aftershocks. ... Hundreds of mostly minor quakes have occurred along one or possibly more faults since the sequence began Feb. 28, said Ken Smith, a seismologist at the Reno laboratory. The quakes have occurred along an area about 2 miles long and a half-mile wide... Reno's last major quake measured 6.1 on April 24, 1914... The quakes around Reno began a week after a magnitude 6 temblor in the northern Nevada town of Wells, near the Utah border. The Feb. 21 http://www.cnn.com/ Quakes aren't uncommon there, but analysts just do not know what has caused 344 of them in the area in the past week, the strongest of which was magnitude 4.7.... No one fault line has been identified as the culprit, and the pattern of the earthquakes also has scientists saying they are confused. Speculation: what is different about Nevada, perhaps that it was the location of underground nuclear testing (I believe)? Could that make the area a soft spot on the Earth's crust, might this location be more responsive to changes in the Earth's molten core if such changes existed? Canada: Vancouver Island, April 27, 2008, Magnitude 4.8 An offshore earthquake measuring magnitude 4.8 rumbled the seabed 200 kilometres west of Vancouver Island off Tofino this afternoon. Seismologists at Natural Resources Canada say they weren't surprised. "The earthquake today was a regular occurrence," said John Cassidy, a seismologist at the Pacific Geoscience Centre. "It's a very seismically active region. We see earthquakes magnitude 4 and above nearly every month." UK: April 27, 2008, Magnitude 5.2, Biggest Earthquake in 25 Years Dr Brian Baptie, of the BGS, said: "An earthquake of this size, of magnitude five or thereabouts, will occur roughly every 10 to 20 years in the UK. Newport, Ore, April 25, 2008 Mysterious undersea earthquakes strike near coast OSU Researchers wrote: find out what's causing the 'quake-swarm'. Earthquake in Illinois, April 25, 2008 "There hasn't been a magnitude 6 earthquake on the New Madrid zone in more than 100 years, yet in 20 years there have been three magnitude 5 or better earthquakes on the Wabash Valley Fault," said Wyssession,.." Michigan, April 18, 2008 - Earthquakes a rare event in Michigan Folks awake at 5:37 a.m. Friday noticed some dishes and door rattling — typical of the few quakes we do feel in West Michigan... Two minor quakes hit Michigan in this century. On Sept. 2, 1994, a 3.4 quake just northwest of Lansing was felt in Grand Rapids. Illinois and Indiana, April 22, 2008, Magnitude 5.2 At least 23 earthquakes have shaken the Tri-State during the past four days, including the magnitude 5.2 shocker Friday and a 4.0 aftershock early Monday that was one of the strongest yet. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/12/1012798.aspx" The scale is set up so that two whole-number steps represent a thousandfold increas e in energy released by a quake. Energy values rise in a geometric progression rather than a mere linear progression. A magnitude-7 quake releases 31.6 times more energy than a magnitude-6 quake, and 1,000 times as much as a magnitude-5.