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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-22 1:25 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2015 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics I
Title:
Quantum Black Holes Effects on the Shape of Extensive Air Showers
Authors:
Nicusor ARSENE(1,2), Laurentiu Ioan CARAMETE(2), Peter B. DENTON(3), Octavian MICU(2)
Affiliation:
1) Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
2) Institute of Space Science, P.O.Box MG-23, Ro 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
3) Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
E-mail
nicusorarsene@spacescience.ro
Keywords:
Quantum black holes, Ultra high energy cosmic rays, Extensive air showers
Abstract:
We investigate the possibility to find a characteristic TeV scale quantum black holes decay signature in the data recorded by cosmic rays experiments. TeV black holes can be produced via the collisions of ultra high energetic protons (E > 10^18 eV ) with nucleons from the from atmosphere. We focus on the case when the black hole decays specifically into two particles. These particles are then boosted in the Earth reference frame (back-to-back in the center of mass reference frame) and induce two overlapping showers. When reconstructing both the energy and the shape of the resultant air shower, there is a significant difference between showers induced only via standard model interactions and showers produced via the back-to-back decay of black holes as intermediate states.
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