Warning: The mini gamma-ray-bursts in planning hadron colliders beyond the LHC energies

TL;DR

This paper predicts that at energies beyond the LHC, gluon condensation could cause intense gamma-ray bursts in colliders, potentially damaging detectors and impacting future high-energy physics experiments.

Contribution

It introduces the concept that gluon condensation at high energies may produce mini gamma-ray bursts in next-generation colliders, a novel warning for collider design.

Findings

Cosmic gamma-ray spectra suggest proximity to gluon condensation effects at LHC energies.

Gluon condensation could lead to intense gamma-ray emissions in future colliders.

Potential detector damage from artificial gamma-ray bursts is highlighted.

Abstract

Gluons may converge to a stable state at a critical momentum in nucleon. This gluon condensation will greatly increase the proton-proton cross section provided that the collision energies exceed the gluon condensation threshold. Based on the analyses of cosmic gamma-ray spectra, we find that the $p-Pb$ and $Pb-Pb$ collisions at the LHC are close to the energy region of the gluon condensation effect. We warn that for the next generation of hadron colliders increasing the collision energies, the extremely strong gamma-rays will be emitted in a narrow space of the accelerator due to the gluon condensation effect. Such artificial mini gamma-ray-bursts in the laboratory may damage the detectors.