TY - JOUR
T1 - Probing quantum geometry at LHC
AU - Dvali, Gia
AU - Gomez, Cesar
AU - Mukhanov, Slava
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Black holes
KW - Large extra dimensions
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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP02(2011)012
DO - 10.1007/JHEP02(2011)012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053125719
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2011
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 2
M1 - 012
ER -