Charged Black Hole Remnants at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential detection of long-lived charged black hole remnants at the LHC, highlighting their low speeds and distinctive energy loss signatures that could differentiate them from background events.

Contribution

It introduces the idea that charged black hole remnants could be identified at the LHC through their unique low-speed and energy loss characteristics, providing a new experimental signature.

Findings

Remnants are characterized by very low speeds.

Charged remnants can be distinguished using dE/dX measurements.

Energy loss estimates suggest detectable differences from Standard Model particles.

Abstract

We investigate possible signatures of long-lived (or stable) charged black holes at the Large Hadron Collider. In particular, we find that black hole remnants are characterised by quite low speed. Due to this fact, the charged remnants could, in some cases, be very clearly distinguished from the background events, exploiting dE/dX measurements. We also compare the estimate energy released by such remnants with that of typical Standard Model particles, using the Bethe-Bloch formula.