Charge Conjugation and Parity Violations as a Signature for Black Hole Formation or Other New Physics in Hadron Collisions

TL;DR

This paper suggests that testing discrete symmetries like charge conjugation and parity in high-energy hadron collisions could reveal signatures of black hole formation or other new physics, with potential large observable effects.

Contribution

It introduces new methods to test C and P violations in hadron collisions, which could serve as sensitive indicators of black hole formation or novel phenomena.

Findings

Large C and P violations may occur in events with black hole formation.

Potential for ~10% longitudinal polarization in outgoing particles.

New tests could enhance sensitivity to new physics at colliders.

Abstract

I point out that there have been essentially no tests of discrete symmetries, such as baryon number, charge conjugation (C), parity (P), strangeness, isospin, etc., in high energy, high pT hadron collisions. If, for example, black hole formation (BHF) occurs, we might expect large violations of C, P, >... I propose new tests of C and P that can be adapted to a variety of new physics scenarios by selecting events with appropriate topologies. Large effects, such as ~10% longitudinal polarizations of outgoing particles, might be expected in events involving BHF. These tests may provide more sensitive searches for new physics at existing colliders.