Black holes from cosmic rays: Probes of extra dimensions and new limits on TeV-scale gravity

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Anchordoqui, Luis A ^a   Feng, Jonathan L ^b,c   Goldberg, Haim ^a   Shapere, Alfred D ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; GRAVITY; PHYSICS; SPACE; TIME;

EID: 85038286853     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.124027     Document Type: Article

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