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Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC

We present an evidence, that the volumes of compactified spaces as well as the areas of black hole horizons must be quantized in Planck units. This quantization has phenomenological consequences, most dramatic being for micro black holes in the theories with TeV scale gravity that can be produced at...

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Autores principales: Dvali, Gia, Gomez, Cesar, Mukhanov, Slava
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: JHEP 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2011)012
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author Dvali, Gia
Gomez, Cesar
Mukhanov, Slava
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Gomez, Cesar
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description We present an evidence, that the volumes of compactified spaces as well as the areas of black hole horizons must be quantized in Planck units. This quantization has phenomenological consequences, most dramatic being for micro black holes in the theories with TeV scale gravity that can be produced at LHC. We predict that black holes come in form of a discrete tower with well defined spacing. Instead of thermal evaporation, they decay through the sequence of spontaneous particle emissions, with each transition reducing the horizon area by strictly integer number of Planck units. Quantization of the horizons can be a crucial missing link by which the notion of the minimal length in gravity eliminates physical singularities. In case when the remnants of the black holes with the minimal possible area and mass of order few TeV are stable, they might be good candidates for the cold dark matter in the Universe.
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spelling cern-12718292019-09-30T06:29:59Z doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2011)012 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1271829 eng Dvali, Gia Gomez, Cesar Mukhanov, Slava Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC Particle Physics - Theory We present an evidence, that the volumes of compactified spaces as well as the areas of black hole horizons must be quantized in Planck units. This quantization has phenomenological consequences, most dramatic being for micro black holes in the theories with TeV scale gravity that can be produced at LHC. We predict that black holes come in form of a discrete tower with well defined spacing. Instead of thermal evaporation, they decay through the sequence of spontaneous particle emissions, with each transition reducing the horizon area by strictly integer number of Planck units. Quantization of the horizons can be a crucial missing link by which the notion of the minimal length in gravity eliminates physical singularities. In case when the remnants of the black holes with the minimal possible area and mass of order few TeV are stable, they might be good candidates for the cold dark matter in the Universe. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/237920 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Education Level info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/226371 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Education Level info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://cds.cern.ch/record/1271829 JHEP JHEP, (2011) pp. 012 2010-06-15
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Theory
Dvali, Gia
Gomez, Cesar
Mukhanov, Slava
Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC
title Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC
title_full Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC
title_fullStr Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC
title_full_unstemmed Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC
title_short Probing Quantum Geometry at LHC
title_sort probing quantum geometry at lhc
topic Particle Physics - Theory
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2011)012
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1271829
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