Prospects for macroscopic dark matter detection at space-based and suborbital experiments

Luis A. Anchordoqui; Mario E. Bertaina; Marco Casolino; Johannes Eser; John F. Krizmanic; Angela V. Olinto; A. Nepomuk Otte; Thomas C. Paul; Lech W. Piotrowski; Mary Hall Reno; Fred Sarazin; Kenji Shinozaki; Jorge F. Soriano; Tonia M. Venters; Lawrence Wiencke

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Prospects for macroscopic dark matter detection at space-based and suborbital experiments

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Prospects for macroscopic dark matter detection at space-based and suborbital experiments

Luis A. Anchordoqui, Mario E. Bertaina, Marco Casolino, Johannes Eser, John F. Krizmanic, Angela V. Olinto, A. Nepomuk Otte, Thomas C. Paul, Lech W. Piotrowski, Mary Hall Reno, …

Europhysics letters, Vol.135(5), 51001

09/01/2021

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ac115f

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We compare two different formalisms for modeling the energy deposition of macroscopically sized/massive quark nuggets (also known as macros) in the Earth's atmosphere. We show that for a reference mass of 1 g, there is a discrepancy in the macro luminosity of about 14 orders of magnitude between the predictions of the two formalisms. Armed with our finding we estimate the sensitivity for macro detection at space-based (Mini-EUSO and POEMMA) and suborbital (EUSO-SPB2) experiments. Copyright (C) 2021 EPLA

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Title: Subtitle: Prospects for macroscopic dark matter detection at space-based and suborbital experiments
Creators: Luis A. Anchordoqui - CUNY, Lehman Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, New York, NY 10468 USA
Mario E. Bertaina - Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, I-10125 Turin, Italy
Marco Casolino - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sect Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Johannes Eser - University of Chicago
John F. Krizmanic - NASA, Astrophys Sci Div, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
Angela V. Olinto - University of Chicago
A. Nepomuk Otte - Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas C. Paul - CUNY, Lehman Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, New York, NY 10468 USA
Lech W. Piotrowski - University of Warsaw
Mary Hall Reno - University of Iowa
Fred Sarazin - Colorado Sch Mines, Dept Phys, Golden, CO 80401 USA
Kenji Shinozaki - Natl Ctr Nucl Res, PL-90559 Lodz, Poland
Jorge F. Soriano - CUNY, Lehman Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, New York, NY 10468 USA
Tonia M. Venters - NASA, Astrophys Sci Div, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
Lawrence Wiencke - Colorado Sch Mines, Dept Phys, Golden, CO 80401 USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Europhysics letters, Vol.135(5), 51001
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ac115f
ISSN: 0295-5075
eISSN: 1286-4854
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd
Number of pages: 5
Grant note: Compagnia di San Paolo DE-SC-0010113 / DoE; United States Department of Energy (DOE) 80NSSC18K0464; 80NSSC18K0246; 80NSSC19K0626; 80NSSC18K0477; 17-APRA17-0066 / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 2020/37/B/ST9/01821 / National Science Centre in Poland; National Science Centre, Poland
Language: English
Date published: 09/01/2021
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984428670302771

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