(Seminar) Macroscopic dark matter: six flavor quark matter--Institute of Theoretical Physics，Chinese Academy of Sciences

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06/14 2018

Abstract

CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Seminar
Title 题目	Macroscopic dark matter: six flavor quark matter
Speaker 报告人	Prof. Yang Bai
Affiliation 所在单位	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Date 日期	2018年6月14日（星期四）下午 15:30 PM
Venue 地点	Conference Room 6620, ITP new Building
Abstract 摘要	Macroscopic nuggets of quark matter were proposed several decades ago as a candidate for dark matter. The formation of these objects in the early universe requires the QCD phase transition to be first order, which is not satisfied in the Standard Model. In this talk I will point out that new physics may supercool the electroweak phase transition to below the QCD scale, and the QCD phase transition with six massless quarks becomes first-order. As a result, the quark nuggets composed of six-flavor quark matter may survive as a viable dark matter candidate. I will also discuss various potential signatures including gravitational wave background, gravitational lensing, and transient photon emission from collisions with compact stars and other nuggets.
Contact person 所内联系人	李田军