Will We Observe Black Holes at the LHC?
Abstract
The generalized uncertainty principle, motivated by string theory and non-commutative quantum mechanics, suggests significant modifications to the Hawking temperature and evaporation process of black holes. For extra-dimensional gravity with Planck scale O(TeV), this leads to important changes in the formation and detection of black holes at the large hadron collider. The number of particles produced in Hawking evaporation decreases substantially. The evaporation ends when the black-hole mass is Planck scale, leaving a remnant and a consequent missing energy of order TeV. Furthermore, the minimum energy for black-hole formation in collisions is increased, and could even be increased to such an extent that no black holes are formed at LHC energies.
Recommended Citation
M. Cavaglia et al., "Will We Observe Black Holes at the LHC?," Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 20, no. 15, pp. L205 - L212, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, Jul 2003.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/20/15/101
Department(s)
Physics
Sponsor(s)
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (UK)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0264-9381
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2003 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2003
Comments
MC and RM are supported by PPARC (UK), and SD by NSERC (Canada).