TY - JOUR AU - Olmo, G. J. AU - Rubiera-Garcia, D. PY - 2014 DA - 2014// TI - Semiclassical geons at particle accelerators T2 - J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics SP - 010 EP - 25pp VL - 02 IS - 2 PB - Iop Publishing Ltd KW - modified gravity KW - Wormholes KW - quantum black holes AB - We point out that in certain four-dimensional extensions of general relativity constructed within the Palatini formalism stable self-gravitating objects with a discrete mass and charge spectrum may exist. The incorporation of nonlinearities in the electromagnetic field may effectively reduce their mass spectrum by many orders of magnitude. As a consequence, these objects could be within (or near) the reach of current particle accelerators. We provide an exactly solvable model to support this idea. SN - 1475-7516 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1306.6537 UR - https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/02/010 DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/02/010 LA - English N1 - WOS:000332711400010 ID - Olmo+Rubiera-Garcia2014 ER -