Black Hole Production by Cosmic Rays

Jonathan L. Feng, Alfred D. Shapere, Jonathan L. Feng, Alfred D. Shapere

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Abstract

Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays create black holes in scenarios with extra dimensions and TeV-scale gravity. In particular, cosmic neutrinos will produce black holes deep in the atmosphere, initiating quasihorizontal showers far above the standard model rate. At the Auger Observatory, hundreds of black hole events may be observed, providing evidence for extra dimensions and the first opportunity for experimental study of microscopic black holes. If no black holes are found, the fundamental Planck scale must be above 2 TeV for any number of extra dimensions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume88
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (all)

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