Black hole formation in the head-on collision of ultrarelativistic charges

Journal Article · Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.74.044003· OSTI ID:20870981

Yoshino, Hirotaka ^[1]; Mann, Robert B ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
2. Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 (Canada)

We study black hole formation in the head-on collision of ultrarelativistic charges. The metric of charged particles is obtained by boosting the Reissner-Nordstroem spacetime to the speed of light. Using the slice at the instant of collision, we study formation of the apparent horizon (AH) and derive a condition indicating that a critical value of the electric charge is necessary for formation to take place. Evaluating this condition for characteristic values at the LHC, we find that the presence of charge decreases the black hole production rate in accelerators. We comment on possible limitations of our approach.

• OSTI ID: 20870981
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.044003; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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