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Production of black holes and their angular momentum distribution in models with split fermions

  • Case Western Reserve University
  • University of Oxford

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Abstract

In models with TeV-scale gravity it is expected that mini black holes will be produced in near-future accelerators. On the other hand, TeV-scale gravity is plagued with many problems like fast proton decay, unacceptably large n-n̄ oscillations, flavor changing neutral currents, large mixing between leptons, etc. Most of these problems can be solved if different fermions are localized at different points in the extra dimensions. We study the cross section for the production of black holes and their angular momentum distribution in these models with "split" fermions. We find that, for a fixed value of the fundamental mass scale, the total production cross section is reduced compared with models where all the fermions are localized at the same point in the extra dimensions. Fermion splitting also implies that the bulk component of the black hole angular momentum must be taken into account in studies of the black hole decay via Hawking radiation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104037
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume73
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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