Transient Astrophysical Pulses and Quantum Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-03-20 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Searches for transient astrophysical pulses could open an exciting new window into the fundamental physics of quantum gravity. In particular, an evaporating primordial black hole in the presence of an extra dimension can produce a detectable transient pulse. Observations of such a phenomenon can in principle explore the electroweak energy scale, indicating that astrophysical probes of quantum gravity can successfully complement the exciting new physics expected to be discovered in the near future at the Large Hadron Collider.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.2941,
title = {Transient Astrophysical Pulses and Quantum Gravity},
author = {Michael Kavic and Djordje Minic and John Simonetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.2941},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, This essay received an honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition, 2008