Exclusion of black hole disaster scenarios at the LHC
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-09-29 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The upcoming high energy experiments at the LHC are one of the most outstanding efforts for a better understanding of nature. It is associated with great hopes in the physics community. But there is also some fear in the public, that the conjectured production of mini black holes might lead to a dangerous chain reaction. In this paper we summarize the most straight forward arguments that are necessary to rule out such doomsday scenarios.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.3349,
title = {Exclusion of black hole disaster scenarios at the LHC},
author = {Benjamin Koch and Marcus Bleicher and Horst Stoecker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3349},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, 2 figures