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The flavor of quantum gravity

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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:39 authored by Xavier CalmetXavier Calmet, Dionysios Fragkakis, Nina Gausmann
We develop an effective field theory to describe the coupling of non-thermal quantum black holes to particles such as those of the Standard Model. The effective Lagrangian is determined by imposing that the production cross section of a non-thermal quantum black hole be given by the usual geometrical cross section. Having determined the effective Lagrangian, we estimate the contribution of a virtual hole to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $\mu \to e \gamma$ transition and to the electric dipole moment of the neutron. We obtain surprisingly weak bounds on the Planck mass due to a chiral suppression factor in the calculated low energy observables. The tightest bounds come from $\mu \to e \gamma$ and the limit on the neutron electric dipole moment. These bounds are in the few TeV region. However, the bound obtained from proton decay is much more severe and of the order of $1 \times 10^6$ GeV.

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  • Published

Journal

European Physical Journal C

ISSN

1434-6044

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Issue

11

Volume

C71

Page range

1781-1784

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-10-17

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