Micro Black Holes at the LHC and an X-ray survey of the ATLAS SCT

Microscopic Black Holes (MBH) are a potential consequence of strong gravity at short length scales. The production of MBHs at the LHC would present a prominent signal and radically change the current understanding of gravity. This chapter describes the physics involved in the production and evolution of Microscopic Black Holes. The physics described is relevant to MBH events that occur in hadron collider experiments such as ATLAS.