TY - JOUR
T1 - Black Hole Production by Cosmic Rays
AU - Feng, Jonathan L.
AU - Shapere, Alfred D.
AU - Feng, Jonathan L.
AU - Shapere, Alfred D.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.021303
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.021303
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038302213
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 88
SP - 4
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 2
ER -