Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9851188 | Nuclear Physics A | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Our knowledge on the possible existence in nature of stable exotic particles depends solely upon experimental observation. Guided by this general principle and motivated by theoretical hypotheses on the existence of stable particles of strange quark matter, a variety of experimental searches have been performed. We provide an introduction to the theoretical hypotheses, an overview of the past searches, and a more detailed description of a recent search for helium-like strangelets in the Earth's atmosphere using a sensitive laser spectroscopy method.
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Authors
Z.-T. Lu, R.J. Holt, P. Mueller, T.P. O'Connor, J.P. Schiffer, L.-B. Wang,