Wednesday 4 February 2009

Speaker: Cigdem Issever   (Oxford)

Title: Black Holes at the LHC

Abstract:

The presentation will give an overview of the basics of black hole physics: what are these objects, how
can they be produced, what are their important characteristics. Later I will discuss the relationship
of gravity and the standard model of particle physics, which will lead me to physics models beyond the
standard model: Extra Dimensions. According to these theories quantum gravitational effects should start
to occur at the centre of mass energies at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) like for example the production
of black holes with small masses, so called microscopic black holes. Once produced microscopic black holes
will quickly evaporate through radiation of elementary particles, leaving detectable signatures in high
energy physics detectors. I will conclude the presentation with the experimental signatures of these
objects in the ATLAS detector and give a search reach limit for first data with the LHC.