Free quarks in the early universe
Description
Starting with the assumption that during the big-bang a small number of free quarks or other fractionally charged particles survive hadron formation, it is likely that within the first 60 minutes all the negative quarks will be captured by helium nuclei to form compact particles of charge +4/3. At the time of solar system formation only approx.1% of these negative quarks will have been reprocessed in supernovas. Thus the free quark content of our planet should be approx.50% positive quarks of charge +2/3, approx.50% (4He-anti-u) particles of charge +4/3, and approx.1/2% negative anti-u quarks bound to nuclei with Z > 2. It is shown that such a large surplus of positive over negative fractional charges is consistent with the niobium ball results of Fairbank, et al
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conf. Proc.
- Journal Issue
- no.93
- Series
- AIP Conf. Proc.
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
Conference
- Title
- 5. international conference on novel results in particle physics.
- Dates
- 24-26 May 1982.
- Place
- Nashville, TN (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16079574
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRIC CHARGES; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; QUARKS; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; SYNTHESIS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-8205116--.