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Semiclassical geons at particle accelerators

Diego Rubiera-garciaGonzalo J. Olmo

subject

High Energy Physics - TheoryElectromagnetic fieldPhysicsGeneral relativityquantum black holesFOS: Physical sciencesSemiclassical physicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsParticle acceleratorGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)General Relativity and Quantum Cosmologylaw.inventionHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyFormalism (philosophy of mathematics)Theoretical physicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)lawMass spectrumWormholeWormholesGeon (physics)modified gravity

description

We point out that in certain four-dimensional extensions of general relativity constructed within the Palatini formalism stable self-gravitating objects with a discrete mass and charge spectrum may exist. The incorporation of nonlinearities in the electromagnetic field may effectively reduce their mass spectrum by many orders of magnitude. As a consequence, these objects could be within (or near) the reach of current particle accelerators. We provide an exactly solvable model to support this idea.

https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/02/010