A Scenario for Strong Gravity in Particle Physics: An alternative mechanism for black holes to appear at accelerator experiments

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel mechanism where black holes could appear at particle accelerators due to a different reason for gravity's apparent weakness, predicting long-lived quantized objects observable at LHC.

Contribution

It introduces an alternative explanation for black hole formation at accelerators and predicts observable signatures of long-lived quantized objects.

Findings

Black holes may undergo a phase transition into long-lived quantized states.

Predictions suggest possible detection of these objects at LHC.

The scenario offers new insights into gravity's role in particle physics.

Abstract

A different reason for the apparent weakness of the gravitational interaction is advanced, and its consequences for Hawking evaporation of a Schwarzschild black hole are investigated. Proceeding from some fundamental thermodynamic observations, a simple analytical formulation predicts that evaporating black holes will undergo a type of phase transition resulting in variously long-lived quantized objects of reasonable sizes, with normal thermodynamic properties and inherent duality characteristics. Speculations on the implications for particle physics are explored, and predictions for possible experimental confirmation of the scenario at LHC are made.