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Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1384–1387 (2000)

Can Cosmic Strangelets Reach the Earth?

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Shibaji Banerjee1,*, Sanjay K. Ghosh1,†, Sibaji Raha1,‡, and Debapriyo Syam2
1Department of Physics, Bose Institute, 93/1, A.P.C. Road, Calcutta 700 009, India
2Physics Department, Presidency College, 86/1, College Street, Calcutta 700 073, India

Received 29 July 1999; published in the issue dated 14 August 2000

The mechanism for the propagation of strangelets with low baryon number through the atmosphere of the Earth has been explored. It has been shown that, under suitable initial conditions, such strangelets may indeed reach depths near mountain altitudes with mass numbers and charges close to the observed values in cosmic ray experiments.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1384
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1384
PACS:
12.38.Mh, 12.90.+b, 96.40.-z

*Electronic address: phys@bosemain.boseinst.ernet.in

†Present address: Theory Group, TRIUMF, 4004, Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2A3. Electronic address: sanjay@triumf.ca

‡Electronic address: sibaji@bosemain.boseinst.ernet.in

 
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