SEARCH FOR STRANGE MATTER BY HEAVY-ION ACTIVATION

Authors
ISAAC MCP CHAN YD CLARK R DELEPLANQUE MA DRAGOWSKY MR FALLON P GOLDMAN ID LARIMER RM LEE IY MACCHIAVELLI AO MACLEOD RW NISHIIZUMI K NORMAN EB SCHROEDER LS STEPHENS FS
Citation
Mcp. Isaac et al., SEARCH FOR STRANGE MATTER BY HEAVY-ION ACTIVATION, Physical review letters, 81(12), 1998, pp. 2416-2419
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2416 - 2419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:12<2416:SFSMBH>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We present the results of an experimental search for stable strange ma tter using the heavy ion technique, based on properties of strangelets . We studied samples of a meteorite, terrestrial nickel ore, and lunar soil. Our search improved by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude the existing experimental limit on the strange matter content in normal matter and enabled probing the flux of low mass strangelets on the lunar surface for the first time.p [S0031-9007(98)07179-8].