Published March 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Black hole remnants at the LHC

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bologna (Italy)
  • 2. Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (Italy)

Description

We investigate possible signatures of black hole events at the LHC in the hypothesis that such objects will not evaporate completely, but leave a stable remnant. For the purpose of defining a reference scenario, we have employed the publicly available Monte Carlo generator CHARYBDIS2, in which the remnant's behavior is mostly determined by kinematic constraints and conservation of some quantum numbers, such as the baryon number. Our findings show that electrically neutral remnants are highly favored and a significantly larger amount of missing transverse momentum is to be expected with respect to the case of complete decay. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1957-6

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1-9
ISSN
1434-6044