Probing quantum geometry at LHC

Gia Dvali, Cesar Gomez, Slava Mukhanov

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    Abstract

    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.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Article number012
    JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
    Volume2011
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Feb 2011

    Keywords

    • Black holes
    • Large extra dimensions

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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