Cosmological QCD Phase Transition and Dark Matter
arXiv:hep-ph/9907262 · doi:10.1016/S0375-9474(99)85104-5
Abstract
We calculate the size distribution of quark nuggets, which could be formed due to first order QCD phase transition in the early universe. We find that there are a large number of stable Quark Nuggets which could be a viable candidate for cosmological dark matter.
To appear in Quark Matter 99 proceedings
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