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A Black Hole atom is the remnant of a black whole that has evaporated to the point where it's mass is of molecular proportions and it's size is of nuclear proportions. The hole is stable because the quantized nature of the Hawking radiotion is at odds with it's miniscule dimensions and mass. It is nearly impossible for natural quantum fluctuations at the event horizon to produce the EXACT combination of particles needed to complete the evaporative process. It's power to eat nearby matter is almost nil, since it has little gravity. If a black hole atom could be found (or PRODUCED in a heavy ion collision) could the hole be "inflated" to a stable and useful size by force feeding it matter before it could shrink back down? Could a safe point of equilibrium be reached where the hole continuously evaporates (converts to energy) a incoming stream of matter? Would the gravity be small enough that it could not eat on it's own (making it failsafe)? Could such a black hole reactor be a viable source of power on earth? If a useful size would make the hole too massive to be failsafe could it be used as the power source in space, perhaps for an interstellar flight?
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