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Anti-quark nuggets (AQNs) have been suggested to solve the dark matter (DM) and the missing antimatter problem in the universe and have been proposed as an explanation of various observations. Their size is in the {\mu}m range and their…

Axion quark nuggets (AQNs) are hypothetical objects with nuclear density that would have formed during the quark-hadron transition and could make up most of the dark matter today. These objects have a mass greater than a few grams and are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Michael Sekatchev , Xunyu Liang , Fereshteh Majidi , Ben Scully , Ludovic Van Waerbeke , Ariel Zhitnitsky

Axion quark nuggets (AQNs) are hypothetical objects with a mass greater than a few grams and sub-micrometer size, formed during the quark-hadron transition. Originating from the axion field, they offer a possible resolution of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-22 Fereshteh Majidi , Xunyu Liang , Ludovic Van Waerbeke , Ariel Zhitnitsky , Michael Sekatchev , Julian S. Sommer , Klaus Dolag , Tiago Castro

It has been recently argued [1-3] that there is a strong component of the diffuse far-ultraviolet (FUV) background which is hard to explain by conventional physics in terms of the dust-scattered starlight. We propose that this excess in FUV…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-17 Ariel Zhitnitsky

Telescope Array (TA) experiment has recorded \cite{Abbasi:2017rvx,Okuda_2019} several short time bursts of air shower like events. These bursts are very distinct from conventional single showers, and are found to be strongly correlated with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-18 Ariel Zhitnitsky

NASA commissioned a research team to study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), observations of events that cannot scientifically be identified as known natural phenomena. The Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine conducts an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-20 B. E. Zhilyaev , V. N. Petukhov , V. M. Reshetnyk

The Pierre Auger Observatory have reported [1-3] observation of several exotic cosmic ray -like events which apparently related to thunderstorms. These events are much larger in size than conventional cosmic ray events, and they have very…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-25 Ariel Zhitnitsky

The dark matter may be a composite particle that is accessible via a weakly coupled portal. If these hidden-sector states are produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they would undergo a QCD-like shower. This would result in a spray of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-28 Timothy Cohen , Mariangela Lisanti , Hou Keong Lou

X-ray absorption line spectroscopy has recently shown evidence for previously unknown Ultra-fast Outflows (UFOs) in radio-quiet AGNs. In the previous paper of this series we defined UFOs as those absorbers with an outflow velocity higher…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 F. Tombesi , M. Cappi , J. N. Reeves , G. G. C. Palumbo , V. Braito , M. Dadina

We advocate an idea that the Axion Quark Nuggets (AQN) hitting the Earth can be detected by analysing the infrasound, acoustic and seismic waves which always accompany the AQN's passage in the atmosphere and underground. Our estimates for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-28 Dmitry Budker , Victor V. Flambaum , Ariel Zhitnitsky

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) are mildly relativistic (outflow velocity $v_{out}>0.1c$) nuclear winds detected as blueshifted absorption lines from highly ionized, dense gas in the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei. The AGN feedback…

We use high-tech observations of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) class objects to evaluate their characteristics. We present data in three cases. (1) Multi-side daytime observations of UAPs over Kiev. (2) Night observations of a group…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-03-10 Boris Zhilyaev , Vladimir Petukhov , Sergey Pokhvala

There is strong evidence about the existence of unknown dark matter in the Universe. Many different theories about this dark matter exist, but most probably it is made of a new kind of fundamental particle that has to be massive, stable,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 Dorit Glawion , Denys Malyshev , Emmanuel Moulin , Louise Oakes , Lucia Rinchiuso , Aion Viana

Ultrafast outflows (UFOs) are the most extreme winds launched by active galactic nuclei (AGN) due to their mildly-relativistic speeds (~0.1-0.3c) and are thought to significantly contribute to galactic evolution via AGN feedback. Their…

Ultra-fast outflows (UFO) appear to be common in local active galactic nuclei (AGN) and may be powerful enough ($\dot{E}_{kin}$$\geq$1\% of L$_{bol}$) to effectively quench the star formation in their host galaxies. To test feedback models…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-14 M. Dadina , C. Vignali , M. Cappi , G. Lanzuisi , G. Ponti , E. Torresi , B. De Marco , G. Chartas , M. Giustini

It has been recently argued in \cite{Bertolucci:2016xjm, Zioutas:2020ndf, Zioutas:2023ybw} that numerous enigmatic observations remain challenging to explain within the framework of conventional physics. These anomalies include unexpected…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-23 Ariel Zhitnitsky , Marios Maroudas

The time lag between soft and hard X-ray photons has been observed in many active galactic nuclei (AGN) and can reveal the accretion process and geometry around supermassive black holes (SMBHs). High-frequency Fe K and soft lags are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-04 Yerong Xu , Ciro Pinto , Erin Kara , Stefano Bianchi , William Alston , Francesco Tombesi

The detection of blue-shifted absorption lines likely associated with ionized Iron K-shell transitions in the X-ray spectra of many Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) suggests the presence of a highly ionized gas outflowing with mildly…

A hypothetical particle known as the axion holds the potential to resolve both the cosmic dark matter riddle and particle physics' long-standing, strong CP dilemma. An unusually strong 21-cm absorption feature associated with the initial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-17 C. R. Das

NASA commissioned a research team to study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), observations of events that cannot scientifically be identified as known natural phenomena. The Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine conducts an…

Popular Physics · Physics 2022-12-01 B. E. Zhilyaev , V. N. Petukhov , V. M. Reshetnyk
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