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Critical comment on the recent microscopic black hole search at the LHC
Abstract Recently the CMS Collaboration at the LHC reported “the first direct limit on black hole production at a particle accelerator” using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35 pb − 1 of pp collision at a center of mass energy of 7 TeV (Khachatryan et al., 2011) [1] . Even though the result has a strong impact on future searches, the interpretation lacks enough theoretical support. In this Letter, we show that the parameter range which was considered by the CMS Collaboration is actually out of the validity range of semi-classical black hole picture so that the Monte Carlo simulation result which was crucially used in the analysis still needs further solid scientific basis.
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Hawking radiation of mini black holes at colliders: Determination of BH evolution
In the series of papers by Ida, Oda and Park, the complete description of Hawking radiation to the brane localized Standard model fields from mini black holes in the low energy gravity scenarios are obtained. In this proceedings, we briefly review what we have learned in those papers.
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Rotating black holes at colliders
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Implication of Brane fluctuations to indirect collider signals
We study the effect of brane fluctuation on the indirect signals of high energy colliders. Brane fluctuation could act as a regulator of divergent expression of infinite tower of Kaluza-Klein graviton effects. The phenomenological parameter λ, introduced by Hewett, is shown to be determined in our setting, and its dramatic behaviors depending on the D = 4+δ dimensional gravitation scale MD, `softening parameter' Δ, and (s)1/2 of collider are presented. The present exclusion bounds from the processes e+e−→γγ and p→e+e−,γγ(γ) are considered within the parameter space (MD,Δ) with respect to the number of extra dimensions.
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Black holes and the LHC: A review
Abstract In low-scale gravity models, a particle collider with trans-Planckian collision energies can be an ideal place for producing black holes because a large amount of energy can be concentrated at the collision point, which can ultimately lead to black hole formation. In this article, the theoretical foundation for microscopic higher dimensional black holes is reviewed and the possible production and detection at the LHC is described and critically examined.
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Phenomenology of the heavy B H in a littlest Higgs model
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Alternate definitions of loop corrections to the primordial power spectra
We consider two different definitions for loop corrections to the primordial power spectra. One of these is to simply correct the mode functions in the tree order relations using the linearized effective field equations. The second definition involves the spatial Fourier transform of the 2-point correlator. Although the two definitions agree at tree order, we show that they disagree at one loop using the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, so there are at least two plausible ways of loop correcting the tree order result. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Exact 4-point scattering amplitude of the superconformal Schrödinger Chern-Simons theory
We consider the non-relativistic superconformal U(N) × U(N) Chern-Simons theory with level (k,−k) possessing fourteen supersymmetries. We obtain an exact four-point scattering amplitude of the theory to all orders in 1/N and 1/k and prove that the scattering amplitude becomes trivial when k = 1 and 2. We confirm this amplitude to one-loop order by using an explicit field theoretic computation and show that the beta function for the contact interaction vanishes to the one-loop order, which is consistent with the quantum conformal invariance of the underlying theory.
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Solving the Effective Field Equations for the Newtonian Potential
Loop corrections to the gravitational potential are usually inferred from scattering amplitudes, which seems quite different from how the linearized Einstein equations are solved with a static, point mass to give the classical potential. In this study we show how the Schwinger–Keldysh effective field equations can be used to compute loop corrections to the potential in a way which parallels the classical treatment. We derive explicit results for the one-loop correction from the graviton self-energy induced by a massless, minimally coupled scalar.
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Structure formation in a nonlocally modified gravity model
We study a nonlocally modified gravity model proposed by Deser and Woodard which gives an explanation for current cosmic acceleration. By deriving and solving the equations governing the evolution of the structure in the Universe, we show that this model predicts a pattern of growth that differs from standard general relativity (+dark energy) at the 10-30% level. These differences will be easily probed by the next generation of galaxy surveys, so the model should be tested shortly.
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Nonlocal Gravity and Structure in the Universe
The observed acceleration of the Universe can be explained by modifying general relativity. One such attempt is the nonlocal model of Deser and Woodard. Here we fix the background cosmology using results from the Planck satellite and examine the predictions of nonlocal gravity for the evolution of structure in the Universe, confronting the model with three tests: gravitational lensing, redshift space distortions, and an estimator of gravity ${E}_{G}$ that combines spectroscopic information with lensing. Current data favor general relativity (GR) over nonlocal gravity: fixing primordial cosmology with the best fit parameters from Planck leads to weak lensing results favoring GR by 6.8 sigma; redshift space distortions measurements of the growth rate preferring GR by 7.8 sigma; and the single measurement of ${E}_{G}$ favoring GR, but by less than 1 sigma. The significance holds up even after the parameters are allowed to vary within Planck limits. The larger lesson is that a successful modified gravity model will likely have to suppress the growth of structure compared to general relativity.