2001/09/30 by Luis A. Anchordoqui, Luis Anchordoqui, Haim Goldberg · 132 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Auger #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Cosmic ray #Electroweak interaction #Electroweak scale #Extra dimensions #Gravitational wave #Hawking radiation #Large extra dimension #Micro black hole #Neutrino #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Sonic black hole #astro-ph #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.65.047502
published in Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 65(4) (American Physical Society) · References added
arxiv created 2001/10/15 · openalex publication_date 2002/01/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The existence of extra degrees of freedom beyond the electroweak scale may allow the formation of black holes in nearly horizontal neutrino air showers. In this paper we examine the average properties of the light descendants of these black holes. Our analysis indicates that black hole decay gives rise to deeply penetrating showers with an electromagnetic component which differs substantially from that in conventional neutrino interactions, allowing a good characterization of the phenomenon against background. Naturally occurring black holes in horizontal neutrino showers could be detected and studied with the Auger air shower array. Since the expected black hole production rate at Auger is >1 event/year, this cosmic ray observatory could be potentially powerful in probing models with extra dimensions and TeV-scale gravity.