학술논문
Muon bundles from the Universe.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*MUONS
*COSMIC rays
*QUARK matter
*STRANGE quark
*MULTIPLICITY of nuclear particles
*ANISOTROPY
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ISSN
2101-6275
Abstract
Recently the CERN ALICE experiment, in its dedicated cosmic ray run, observed muon bundles of very high multiplicities, thereby confirming similar findings from the LEP era at CERN (in the CosmoLEP project). Significant evidence for anisotropy of arrival directions of the observed high multiplicity muonic bundles is found. Estimated directionality suggests their possible extragalactic provenance. We argue that muonic bundles of highest multiplicity are produced by strangelets, hypothetical stable lumps of strange quark matter infiltrating our Universe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]