Passage of small black hole through the Earth. Is it detectable?
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2008-02-04 v1 Astrophysics
Geophysics
Abstract
We examine the energy losses of a small black hole passing through the Earth, and in particular, the excitations created in the frequency range accessible to modern acoustic detectors. The dominating contributions to the effect are due to the coherent sound radiation of the Cherenkov type and to the conversion of black hole radiation into sound waves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.4623,
title = {Passage of small black hole through the Earth. Is it detectable?},
author = {I. B. Khriplovich and A. A. Pomeransky and N. Produit and G. Yu. Ruban},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4623},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Concise version of arXiv:0710.3438 with technical calculations omitted; discussion of possible underwater detection added