Particles and black holes.

Question

since the generally accepted view of particles is that they are point particles, and they also have mass, shouldnt every particle be a black hole?

you can get as close to the particles as possible. and technically, even though its gravity is so small, there would still be a point at which not even light would be able to escape.

so shouldnt every particle be a black hole according to current scientific consensus.

and yes, i realize that string theory portrays particles as strings. but string theory isnt exactly generally excepted.

Answer 1

What is accepted is that particles have wave nature as well.  They aren't points after all.

A black hole isn't a single particle at a point.  It's lots of particles.  And it isn't really known how small it gets.  After all, black holes are known to have angular momentum.  If the thing is spinning, it has to have a radius.  It should have at least a diameter of Plank length.  That's not a point, it's a finite, non zero size.

The real problem with the bit at the center of a black hole is that neither of our best theories: Quantum Mechanics, or General Relativity really works to describe one.  Quantum Mechanics works on small scales where gravity is insignificant.  General Relativity works with high gravity, but not on small scales.  A black hole, which is high gravity at small scales manages to miss both.  The early bits of the Big Bang is another thing we'd like to know about that isn't covered.

It is encouraging to note that Quantum Loop Gravity and String Theory seem to be converging on something very similar.  It lends a small measure of confidence that one or both theories might give us something usable.