Is there any physical evidence that a singularity can exist ?

Question

Is it possible for a singularity to be observed in our universe - Big Bang Theory - or is a singularity a purely theoretical / mathematical phenomenon ?

Could a particle accelerator cause a singularity to occur ?

Answer 1

Ahhhh - Therin lies the rub! Can a particle accelerator cause a singularity indeed!

It could, in theory, though it never has (at least not that they've ever told us about.)

Answer 2

A singularity (thus far) is purely theoretical. It exists in mathematics and in theory about black holes and the Big Bang. It might exist, but how would we prove it. You would have to be in the singularity to know it existed...something that is impossible in itself.

Answer 3

a singularity is very hard and tricky to proof, and we know so little of it that is kind of impossible for a particle accelerator ro cause one, because singularity is a very extreme pheneomenon, and as long no natural laws apply to it, how could we mesure it... or will we notice it?
if the big bang theory is true, singularity happens, and in fact a black hole might be one, or have one in it's center.

Answer 4

The Big Bang is the only one singularity.

Answer 5

Singularities were predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity in 1915 and have been observed by their gravitational effects at the center of galaxies. The motion of stars orbiting these suspected black holes can only be explained if there is in fact a black hole there. As light cannot escape, there is no way to directly observe one. Hawking radiation caused by in falling matter as it is super-heated is one way to indirectly observe the hole.

Answer 6

Purely mathematical

Answer 7

I recently saw Hubble images of a black hole. (well the evidence of it's effects) Check out the Hubble site

Answer 8

black hole

no.

visit this website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole