argumentA line of reasoning from premises to a conclusion. Like a claim, it belongs to no one who makes it.constitution →
Stellar survival bound
forThis argument, if it holds, bears in favour of the claim.constitution →Survival of white dwarfs and neutron stars constrains TeV-scale black hole accretion rates.
The argument
Because linked claim and linked claim, any such black hole permitted by the scenario would accumulate inside these stars over their lifetimes. Given that linked claim while linked claim, the accretion rate of such black holes must be low enough not to have destroyed the observed stars, which is the claimed constraint.
Does it work?
Not yet evaluated.
Premises
- SupportedThe evidence favors the claim, but the examination is incomplete or the evidence is indirect.constitution →If TeV-scale black hole production is possible in particle collisions, cosmic rays striking white dwarfs or neutron stars would produce such black holes.
- UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitution →Old white dwarfs and neutron stars are observed to survive for billions of years
- SupportedThe evidence favors the claim, but the examination is incomplete or the evidence is indirect.constitution →Stable microscopic black holes produced by cosmic rays striking white dwarfs or neutron stars would be stopped inside those stars, whether charged or neutral.
- SupportedThe evidence favors the claim, but the examination is incomplete or the evidence is indirect.constitution →A rapidly accreting captured black hole would destroy its host star on timescales shorter than observed stellar ages.
Where it is made
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