Accelerating strangelets via Penrose process in non-BPS fuzz-balls

We discuss how the Penrose process, taking place in singular rotating Kerr black holes as well as in their smooth, horizonless fuzz-ball counterparts in string theory, may provide an efficient mechanism for the acceleration of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays, including strangelets, a form of Strange Q...

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Main Authors: Massimo Bianchi, Marco Casolino, Gabriele Rizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321320300961