How Can Strange Quark Matter Occur Deeply in the Atmosphere?
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-28 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Motivated by some recent cosmic ray experiments we study the properties of strange quark matter near flavour equilibrium. Using Fermi-gas model we argue that, contrary to some claims, the geometrical radii of quark matter strangelets are not smaller but rather comparable to those of ordinary nuclei. We propose therefore a scenario of propagation of strangelets through the atmosphere which still allows for their deep penetration.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9603228,
title = {How Can Strange Quark Matter Occur Deeply in the Atmosphere?},
author = {G. Wilk and Z. Wlodarczyk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9603228},
year = {2009}
}
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