Possibility of antiquark nuggets detection using meteor searching radars
Physical Review D, 2023•APS
Within the quark nugget model, dark matter particles may be represented by compact
composite objects composed of a large number of quarks or antiquarks. Due to strong
interaction with visible matter, antiquark nuggets should manifest themselves in a form of
rare atmospheric events on the Earth. They may produce ionized trails in the atmosphere
similar to the meteor trails. There are, however, several features which should allow one to
distinguish antiquark nugget trails from the meteor ones. We study properties of ionized trails …
composite objects composed of a large number of quarks or antiquarks. Due to strong
interaction with visible matter, antiquark nuggets should manifest themselves in a form of
rare atmospheric events on the Earth. They may produce ionized trails in the atmosphere
similar to the meteor trails. There are, however, several features which should allow one to
distinguish antiquark nugget trails from the meteor ones. We study properties of ionized trails …
Within the quark nugget model, dark matter particles may be represented by compact composite objects composed of a large number of quarks or antiquarks. Due to strong interaction with visible matter, antiquark nuggets should manifest themselves in a form of rare atmospheric events on the Earth. They may produce ionized trails in the atmosphere similar to the meteor trails. There are, however, several features which should allow one to distinguish antiquark nugget trails from the meteor ones. We study properties of ionized trails from antiquark nuggets in the air and show that they may be registered by standard meteor radar detectors. Nonobservation of such trails pushes up the mean baryon charge number in the quark nugget model, .