Physical properties of strangelets

Journal Article · Thu Jul 20 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.48699· OSTI ID:165687

Madsen, J ^[1]

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1. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Arhus C (Denmark)

Low-baryon number lumps of strange quark matter, strangelets, are presently searched for in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion experiments at CERN and Brookhaven. This paper gives an overview of the physical properties of strangelets with emphasis on experimental signatures such as mass and charge. Direct solutions of the Dirac equation with MIT bag model boundary conditions are applied and compared to calculations based on a smoothed density of states, as well as to simple mass-formulae based on the MIT bag. Most strangelet properties can be understood within an approximation including bulk, surface and curvature energy contributions. {copyright} 1995 {ital American} {ital Institute} {ital of} {ital Physics}.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 165687
• Report Number(s): CONF-950172--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 340; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
BAG MODEL
DEEP INELASTIC HEAVY ION REACTIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
NUCLEAR MATTER
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
QUARK MATTER
STRANGENESS