Journal article
Search for microscopic black holes in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV
The journal of high energy physics, Vol.2012(4), 61
01/01/2012
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2012)061
Abstract
A search for microscopic black holes in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2011. Events with large total transverse energy have been analyzed for the presence of multiple energetic jets, leptons, and photons, which are typical signals of evaporating semiclassical and quantum black holes, and string balls. Agreement with the expected standard model backgrounds, which are dominated by QCD multijet production, has been observed for various combined multiplicities of jets and other reconstructed objects in the final state. Model-independent limits are set on new physics processes producing high-multiplicity, energetic final states. In addition, new model-specific indicative limits are set excluding semiclassical and quantum black holes with masses below 3.8 to 5.3 TeV and string balls with masses below 4.6 to 4.8 TeV . The analysis has a substantially increased sensitivity compared to previous searches.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Search for microscopic black holes in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV
- Creators
- S ChatrchyanJ. A Brochero CifuentesI. J CabrilloAlicia CalderonS. H ChuangJ Duarte CampderrosCMS CollaborationM FernándezG GómezJ González SánchezC JordaP Lobelle PardoA López VirtoJesús MarcoRafael MarcoCelso Martínez-RiveroFrancisco MatorrasF. J Muñoz SánchezJonatan PiedraTeresa RodrigoAna Y Rodríguez MarreroAlberto Ruiz JimenoLuca ScodellaroM Sobron SañudoIván VilaRocío VilarCMS Collaboration
- Contributors
- Y Onel (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of high energy physics, Vol.2012(4), 61
- Publisher
- Springer
- DOI
- 10.1007/JHEP04(2012)061
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
- eISSN
- 1029-8479
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199683202771
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