PIRSA:12100115

Experimental search for quantum gravity - the hard facts

Beauchemin, H. (2012). Experimental search for quantum gravity - the hard facts. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/12100115

Beauchemin, Hugo. Experimental search for quantum gravity - the hard facts. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 25, 2012, https://pirsa.org/12100115 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:12100115,
            doi = {10.48660/12100115},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/12100115},
            author = {Beauchemin, Hugo},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Experimental search for quantum gravity - the hard facts},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2012},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:12100115 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Hugo Beauchemin University of Oxford

DOI 10.48660/12100115
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Abstract

The LHC has been running for over 2 years and the different experiments have accumulated enough data to find a new particle which could well be the Higgs boson, achieve Standard Model measurements with precision at the percent level, and seriously constrain a large variety of new physics scenarios, giving important hints on what the physics beyond the Standard Model can be and what it cannot be. This presentation will focus on ATLAS and CMS latest searches for new physics in events featuring signatures relevant to theories of quantum gravity. Will be presented the results on searches for large extra dimensions (direct graviton emission, virtual graviton propagation, Kaluza-Klein Randall-Sundrum resonances, etc.) and other TeV-scale gravity phenomena such as black holes (rotating and non-rotating) and string balls production and decay. Results will be reported on each of the various final states investigated for each signals. The results of some searches that are not typically interpreted into bounds on quantum gravity signals, but which could provide complementary information such as the number of possible matter fields compatible with LHC data will also be presented. An attempt to present plausible future reach of the LHC will finally be briefly discussed.