Tufts/CfA/MIT Cosmology Seminar, at Tufts:

Tuesday, October 16, 2001
2:30 pm
Robinson Hall, Room 250
Refreshments at 2:00 in Knipp Library, Room 251

"Probing Extra Dimensions with Trans-Planckian Cosmic Rays"


Jonathan Feng
MIT and University of California at Irvine

Abstract:

In scenarios with extra dimensions and TeV-scale gravity, the observed ultra-high energy cosmic rays interact with center-of-mass energies above the Planck scale. They may then create black holes in the Earth's atmosphere. At the Auger Observatory, hundreds of black hole events may be observed, providing evidence for extra dimensions and the first opportunity to study microscopic black holes.

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