Search for neutral strange quark matter in high energy heavy ion collisions

T. A. Armstrong; K. Barish; S. J. Bennett; A. Chikanian; S. D. Coe; T. M. Cormier; G. De Cataldo; R. Davies; P. R. Dee; G. E. Diebold; P. Fachini; L. E. Finch; N. K. George; N. Giglietto; S. V. Greene; P. Haridas; J. C. Hill; A. S. Hirsch; R. A. Hoversten; H. Z. Huang; B. Kim; B. S. Kumar; T. Lainus; J. G. Lajoie; R. A. Lewis; Q. Li; Y. Li; B. Libby; C. F. Maguire; R. D. Majka; M. G. Munhoz; J. L. Nagle; I. A. Pless; J. K. Pope; N. T. Porile; C. A. Pruneau; M. S.Z. Rabin; A. Raino; J. D. Reid; A. Rimai; F. S. Rotondo; J. Sandweiss; R. Scharenberg; A. J. Slaughter; G. A. Smith; P. Spinelli; M. L. Tincknell; W. S. Toothacker; G. Van Buren; F. K. Wohn; K. Zhao

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Search for neutral strange quark matter in high energy heavy ion collisions

T. A. Armstrong, K. Barish, S. J. Bennett, A. Chikanian, S. D. Coe, T. M. Cormier, G. De Cataldo, R. Davies, P. R. Dee, G. E. Diebold, P. Fachini, L. E. Finch, N. K. George, N. Giglietto, S. V. Greene, P. Haridas, J. C. Hill, A. S. Hirsch, R. A. Hoversten, H. Z. HuangB. Kim, B. S. Kumar, T. Lainus, J. G. Lajoie, R. A. Lewis, Q. Li, Y. Li, B. Libby, C. F. Maguire, R. D. Majka, M. G. Munhoz, J. L. Nagle, I. A. Pless, J. K. Pope, N. T. Porile, C. A. Pruneau, M. S.Z. Rabin, A. Raino, J. D. Reid, A. Rimai, F. S. Rotondo, J. Sandweiss, R. Scharenberg, A. J. Slaughter, G. A. Smith, P. Spinelli, M. L. Tincknell, W. S. Toothacker, G. Van Buren, F. K. Wohn, K. Zhao

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We present results of a search for neutral strange quark matter (strangelets) in [Formula Presented] reactions from the 1995 run of experiment E864 at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. We have sampled approximately 1.3 billion 10% most central [Formula Presented] interactions and have observed no statistically significant signal for neutral strangelet states with baryon number in the range [Formula Presented] We set upper limits on the production of these exotic states at the level of [Formula Presented] per central collision for mass [Formula Presented] These limits are the first limits reported on the production of heavy neutral strangelets. They complement searches for positively and negatively charged strangelets also conducted by our collaboration. We discuss the implications of these results on strangelet production mechanisms and the stability of strange quark matter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1829-R1833
Journal	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.R1829
State	Published - 1999
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Armstrong, T. A., Barish, K., Bennett, S. J., Chikanian, A., Coe, S. D., Cormier, T. M., De Cataldo, G., Davies, R., Dee, P. R., Diebold, G. E., Fachini, P., Finch, L. E., George, N. K., Giglietto, N., Greene, S. V., Haridas, P., Hill, J. C., Hirsch, A. S., Hoversten, R. A., ... Zhao, K. (1999). Search for neutral strange quark matter in high energy heavy ion collisions. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 59(4), R1829-R1833. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.R1829

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