Probing Composite Gravity in Colliders
arXiv:hep-ph/0511082 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.075012
Abstract
We explore scenarios in which the graviton is not a fundamental degree of freedom at short distances but merely emerges as an effective degree of freedom at long distances. In general, the scale of such graviton `compositeness', Lambda_g, can only be probed by measuring gravitational forces at short distances, which becomes increasingly difficult and eventually impossible as the distance is reduced. Here, however, we point out that if supersymmetry is an underlying symmetry, the gravitino can be used as an alternative probe to place a limit on Lambda_g in a collider environment, by demonstrating that there is a model-independent relation, Lambda_g > m_{3/2}. In other words, the gravitino knows that gravity is standard at least down to its Compton wavelength, so this can also be viewed as a test of general relativity possible at very short distances. If composite gravity is found first at some Lambda_g, this would imply a model-independent upper bound on m_{3/2}.
Some clarifications added. Version published in PRD
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