Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3097–3100 (1999)Exotic Heavily Ionizing Particles can be Constrained by the Geological Abundance of FullerenesReceived 15 March 1999; published in the issue dated 11 October 1999 The C60 molecule exhibits a remarkable stability that leads to its survival in ancient carbonaceous rocks initially subjected to the elevated temperature requisite for its formation. Elementary particles having a large electronic stopping power can similarly form C60 and higher fullerenes in their wake. Combined, these two features point at the possibility of using the C60 presence in selected bulk geological samples as a new type of nuclear track detector, with applications in astroparticle physics. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3097
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3097
PACS:
95.55.Vj, 61.82.Pv, 78.30.Na, 95.35.+d
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