TH Thursday Seminar
Black Hole and Wormhole Production at the LHC
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Europe/Zurich
TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)
TH Theory Conference Room
CERN
Description
Recently, black hole and brane production at the LHC has been widely
discussed. We argue that if the scale of quantum gravity is of the
order of few TeVs, proton-proton collisions at the LHC could give a
test of micro-causality. We compare the cross section for production of
the mini-wormholes/time machines (spacetime regions with
closed timelike curves which violet causality) with
mini-black hole production at the LHC and conclude that they are of the
same order. Decay of the mini-wormholes/time machines and signatures of
these events at the LHC are discussed.
Organised by
Leonardo Giusti