Amazing, isn't it?
More seriously - LHC => a bit less than 10^15eV, more or less.
The most energetic, but very rare, cosmic rays => 10^21eV.
How dangerous can a single particle be? You'll get the usual spray of products, but I'm not sure how much damage they'd do on their way through.
More seriously,
Sievert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In terms of SI base units: 1 Sv = 1 Jkg = 1 m2s2 = 1 m2·s-2 ... For acute full body equivalent dose, 1 Sv causes nausea, 2-5 Sv causes epilation or hair loss, hemorrhage and will cause death in many cases. More than 3 Sv will lead to LD 50/30 or death in 50% of cases within 30 days, and over 6 Sv survival is unlikely. (For more details, see radiation poisoning.)
In terms of SI base units:
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For acute full body equivalent dose, 1 Sv causes nausea, 2-5 Sv causes epilation or hair loss, hemorrhage and will cause death in many cases. More than 3 Sv will lead to LD 50/30 or death in 50% of cases within 30 days, and over 6 Sv survival is unlikely. (For more details, see radiation poisoning.)
If you had one particle the result would be more random.
But since you'd have to be naked and in space, it's probably not easy to test empirically.
I think this has some connection to cosmic particles passing through atomic lattices - but I am not sure ;-) You can't be me, I'm taken
I think this has some connection to cosmic particles passing through atomic lattices - but I am not sure ;-)
Cosmic ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When cosmic ray particles enter the Earth's atmosphere they collide with molecules, mainly oxygen and nitrogen, to produce a cascade of lighter particles, a so-called air shower. The general idea is shown in the figure which shows a cosmic ray shower produced by a high energy proton of cosmic ray origin striking an atmospheric molecule.
