The Department of Mathematics at the University of Malta is organising a talk by Prof. Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield, UK). The talk entitled Black holes at the Large Hadron Collider? will be held on Wednesday, 24 May from 11:00 to noon in Room 405 Maths and Physics Building.
Abstract
Could we create a mini black hole at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN? Some models in string theory with extra dimensions suggest that this might be possible. We will describe how these mini black holes might be created, and what would happen to them if they are produced. We give an overview of some of the fundamental mathematical ideas relevant to black holes, large extra dimensions scenarios, and black hole processes at the LHC. We also discuss recent experimental searches for these spectacular events.