Citation
Je. Alam et al., CLOSING THE UNIVERSE WITH PRIMORDIAL QUARK NUGGETS, Nuclear physics. A, 638(1-2), 1998, pp. 523-526
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
03759474
Volume
638
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
523 - 526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(1998)638:1-2<523:CTUWPQ>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The QCD phase transition occurring a few microseconds after the Big Ba
ng, would lead to the formation of quark nuggets which would be stable
on a cosmological time scale, if the initial baryon number of the qua
rk nuggets are larger than a critical value. We examine the possibilit
y that these surviving quark nuggets may not only be viable candidates
for cold dark matter but could even close the universe.