Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: We find constraints on heavy, stable, strongly interacting massive particles ( $X$) from searches for anomalous nuclei containing them, formed during primordial nucleosynthesis. Using existing data, we obtain a limit on the abundance ratio ${C}_{X}\ensuremath{\equiv}{n}_{X}{/n}_{B}$ in the range of $3\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}8}$ to $3\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}13}$ for masses up to 10 TeV if the $X\ensuremath{-}N$ interaction is sufficiently strong to bind in low $Z$ nuclei. We also find a rough lower limit on the $X\ensuremath{-}N$ interaction that implies binding in nuclei with $A\ensuremath{\ge}200$ over much of the ${M}_{X}$ range of interest, and address the relative abundance of such anomalous nuclei on Earth.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Rabindra N. Mohapatra, Vigdor L. Teplitz
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy
OpenAlex ID: W1976739448