Experimental limits on the existence of strongly interacting massive particles bound to gold nuclei

D. Javorsek, II; D. Elmore; E. Fischbach; T. Miller; D. Oliver; V. Teplitz

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.64.012005

Experimental limits on the existence of strongly interacting massive particles bound to gold nuclei

D. Javorsek, II, D. Elmore, E. Fischbach, T. Miller, D. Oliver, and V. Teplitz

Phys. Rev. D 64, 012005 – Published 8 June 2001

Abstract

We report the results from an experimental search for strongly interacting massive particles bound to gold nuclei. A scan for heavy gold isotopes with masses ranging from 186.3 to $325.9 GeV {/ c}^{2}$ was performed on laboratory gold and gold from western Australia using PRIME Lab, the Purdue Accelerator Mass Spectrometer facility. The results provide significant new constraints on current models which predict the existence of such particles with abundance ratios in the range $10^{- 11} - 10^{- 10} .$

Received 19 December 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.64.012005

Authors & Affiliations

D. Javorsek, II¹, D. Elmore¹, E. Fischbach¹, T. Miller¹, D. Oliver², and V. Teplitz³

¹Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
²Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
³Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275

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