Search for Friendly Mini Black Holes in the Laboratory

ORAL

Abstract

Black holes are among the most intriguing objects in the universe. Massive astronomical black holes are now believed to exist with masses as large as a billion times the mass of Sun. In this paper we discuss the possibility of how to find observational evidence for friendly mini-black holes in the laboratory if they exist in nature. We study the mini-black holes using our Monte Carlo generator called ``CATFISH'' (Collider grAviTational FIeld Simulator for black Holes). We are investigating the signatures of mini black hole production in the proton-proton collisions at the CMS experiment (Compact Muon Solenoid) at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) near Geneva, Switzerland.

*This work was supported by University of South Alabama and the U.S. Department of Energy, DE-FG02-91ER40622.

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Authors

  • Romulus Godang

    • University of South Alabama

  • C.M. Jenkins

    • University of South Alabama

  • Marco Cavaglia

    • University of Mississippi

  • Lucien Cremaldi

    • University of Mississippi

  • Roy Arunava

    • University of Mississippi

  • Don Summers

    • University of Mississippi