Astrophysical implications of hypothetical stable TeV-scale black holes
@article{Giddings2008AstrophysicalIO, title={Astrophysical implications of hypothetical stable TeV-scale black holes}, author={Steven B. Giddings and Michelangelo Mangano}, journal={Physical Review D}, year={2008}, volume={78}, pages={035009} }
We analyze macroscopic effects of TeV-scale black holes, such as could possibly be produced at the LHC, in what is regarded as an extremely hypothetical scenario in which they are stable and, if trapped inside Earth, begin to accrete matter. We examine a wide variety of TeV-scale gravity scenarios, basing the resulting accretion models on first-principles, basic, and well-tested physical laws. These scenarios fall into two classes, depending on whether accretion could have any macroscopic…
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