Detection of magnetized quark-nuggets, a candidate for dark matter

Abstract Quark nuggets are theoretical objects composed of approximately equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks and are also called strangelets and nuclearites. They have been proposed as a candidate for dark matter, which constitutes ~85% of the universe’s mass and which has been a mystery f...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. Pace VanDevender, Aaron P. VanDevender, T. Sloan, Criss Swaim, Peter Wilson, Robert. G. Schmitt, Rinat Zakirov, Josh Blum, James L. Cross, Niall McGinley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09087-3