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Signatures of gravitational fixed points at the LHC

We study quantum-gravitational signatures at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the context of theories with extra spatial dimensions and a low fundamental Planck scale in the TeV range. Implications of a gravitational fixed point at high energies are worked out using Wilson's renormalisation g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Litim, Daniel F, Plehn, Tilman
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.131301
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1048957
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Sumario:We study quantum-gravitational signatures at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the context of theories with extra spatial dimensions and a low fundamental Planck scale in the TeV range. Implications of a gravitational fixed point at high energies are worked out using Wilson's renormalisation group. We find that relevant cross-sections involving virtual gravitons become finite. We determine the $5\sigma$ discovery reach for the fundamental Planck scale based on lepton pair production in hadronic collisions.