PIRSA:07080061 Quantum Gravity Quantum Fields and Strings Particle Physics

Outreach: ISSYP 2007

Hossenfelder, S. (2007). Large Extra Dimensions - ISSYP Keynote Session. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07080061

Hossenfelder, Sabine. Large Extra Dimensions - ISSYP Keynote Session. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 23, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07080061 

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  url = {https://pirsa.org/07080061},
  author = {Hossenfelder, Sabine},
  keywords = {Quantum Gravity, Quantum Fields and Strings, Particle Physics},
  language = {en},
  title = {Large Extra Dimensions - ISSYP Keynote Session},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2007},
  month = {aug},
  note = {PIRSA:07080061 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

It is an open question why gravity is so much weaker than the other three interactions we know. One possible answer which has been suggested is that this mismatch is only apparently so, and a feature we observe on large distances. The strength of gravity on small distances could grow faster than an extrapolation of Newton\'s law would imply, such that it becomes comparable to the other interactions at distances that will be testable in the soon future. The concrete scenario for this is that our world could have additional compactified extra dimensions. If that was the case, quantum gravitational effects could become observable at the Large Hadron Collider. The most prominent features in these models are the production of mini black holes, and graviton emission.

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