{
  "id": "1708.07490",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-08-22T18:29:52.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-08-22T18:29:52.000Z",
  "title": "Detection of magnetized quark-nuggets, a candidate for dark matter",
  "authors": [
    "J. Pace VanDevender",
    "Aaron P. VanDevender",
    "T. Sloan",
    "Criss Swaim",
    "Peter Wilson",
    "Robert. G. Schmitt",
    "Rinat Zakirov",
    "Josh Blum",
    "James L. Cross Sr.",
    "Niall McGinley"
  ],
  "comment": "14 pages, 10 figures, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09087-3",
  "journal": "Scientific Reports 7, 8758 (2017)",
  "doi": "10.1038/s41598-017-09087-3",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA"
  ],
  "abstract": "Quark nuggets are theoretical objects composed of approximately equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks and are also called strangelets and nuclearites. They have been proposed as a candidate for dark matter, which constitutes about 85% of the universe's mass and which has been a mystery for decades. Previous efforts to detect quark nuggets assumed that the nuclear-density core interacts directly with the surrounding matter so the stopping power is minimal. Tatsumi found that quark nuggets could well exist as a ferromagnetic liquid with an approximately 10 trillion Tesla magnetic field. We find that the magnetic field produces a magnetopause with surrounding plasma, as the earth's magnetic field produces a magnetopause with the solar wind, and substantially increases their energy deposition rate in matter. We use the magnetopause model to compute the energy deposition as a function of quark-nugget mass and to analyze testing the quark-nugget hypothesis for dark matter by observations in the air, water, and land. We conclude the water option is most promising.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-08-22T18:29:52.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "dark matter",
      "magnetized quark-nuggets",
      "earths magnetic field produces",
      "trillion tesla magnetic field",
      "magnetopause"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "Nature"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 14,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}