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Are Massive Elementary Particles Black Holes?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We use exact results in a new approach to quantum gravity to study the effect of quantum loop corrections on the behavior of the metric of space-time near the Schwarzschild radius of a massive point particle in the Standard Model. We show that the classical conclusion that such a system is a black hole is obviated. Phenomenological implications are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0305058,
  title  = {Are Massive Elementary Particles Black Holes?},
  author = {B. F. L. Ward},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0305058},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure; improved text