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Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 499–502 (2000)

Black Holes Radiate Mainly on the Brane

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Roberto Emparan1, Gary T. Horowitz2, and Robert C. Myers3
1Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
2Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
3Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 2T8, Canada

Received 20 March 2000; published in the issue dated 17 July 2000

We examine the evaporation of a small black hole on a brane in a world with large extra dimensions. Since the masses of many Kaluza-Klein modes are much smaller than the Hawking temperature of the black hole, it has been claimed that most of the energy is radiated into these modes. We show that this is incorrect. Most of the energy goes into the modes on the brane. This raises the possibility of observing Hawking radiation in future high energy colliders if there are large extra dimensions.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.499
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.499
PACS:
04.70.Dy, 11.10.Kk