Evaporation of strange matter in the early Universe

Journal Article · Sun Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.32.1273· OSTI ID:5374073

Alcock, C; Farhi, E

Strange matter, a stable form of quark matter containing a large fraction of strange quarks, may have been copiously produced when the Universe had a temperature of approx.100 MeV. We study the evaporation of lumps of strange matter as the Universe cooled to 1 MeV. Only lumps with baryon number larger than approx.10/sup 52/ could survive. This places a severe restriction on scenarios for strange-matter production.

• Research Organization: Center for Theoretical Physics, Center for Space Research and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER03069
• OSTI ID: 5374073
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 32:6; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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