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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2024 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
Searches for Axion anti-Quark Nuggets using dosimetric signals in minerals used as detectors
Authors:
Mihaela PARVU, Ionel LAZANU
Affiliation:
Universityof Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, POBox MG-11, Magurele-Bucharest
E-mail
mihaela.parvu@unibuc.ro , ionel.lazanu@g.unibuc.ro
Keywords:
Dark Matter, Axion anti-Quark Nuggets, direct detection
Abstract:
This communication presents a new idea for the detection of Dark Matter, in particular Axion anti-Quark Nuggets (AQNs) using dosimetric signals accumulated in different minerals used as paleo-detectors. The existence Axion anti-Quark Nuggets as exotic constituent particles of dark matter (DM) have a long history, beginning with the pioneering work of Witten [1], De Rujula and Glashow [2], until their detailed definition by Zhitnitsky [3]. If these particles exist, they can naturally and directly restore the symmetry between matter and antimatter in cosmology.
References:
[1] Witten, E. Cosmic Separation of Phases. Phys. Rev. D 1984, 30, 272–285. https://doi.org/10.110 2443/PhysRevD.30.272. 245
[2] De Rujula, A.; Glashow, S.L. Nuclearites: A Novel Form of Cosmic Radiation. Nature 1984, 312, 734–737. https://doi.org/10.1038/312734a0.
[3] Zhitnitsky, A.R. ’Nonbaryonic’ dark matter as baryonic color superconductor. JCAP 2003, 10, 010, [hep-ph/0202161]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2003/10/010.
Acknowledgement:
This work is supported by the contract no. 04/2022, Programme 5,
Module 5.2 CERN-RO.
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