11 papers
Superfluid He-4 as Dark Matter Detectors
Zizhou Huang, Mihaela Parvu, Dmitry Budker +2
Superfluid helium-4 is an attractive medium for high-sensitivity detection of dark matter (DM) candidates (as well as other particles). There are several collaborations that have b…
Mysterious Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-1) as profound manifestation of the Dark Matter physics
Ariel Zhitnitsky
Transient star-like objects of unknown origin have been identified in the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-1) as part of the Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Cent…
Unidentified falling objects in the LHC as dark matter signals
Xunyu Liang, Ariel Zhitnitsky
Unidentified Falling Objects (UFOs) refer to sporadic beam losses observed during LHC operation. The prevailing explanation is that micrometer-sized dust particles released from th…
DESI results and Dark Energy from QCD topological sectors
Ludovic Van Waerbeke, Ariel Zhitnitsky
We present a physically motivated dark-energy (DE) model rooted in the topological structure of the Quantum ChromoDynamic (QCD) vacuum. In this framework, DE arises from the differ…
The Glow of Axion Quark Nugget Dark Matter: (IV) CMB Spectral and Anisotropy Signatures
Fereshteh Majidi, Xunyu Liang, Michael Sekatchev +2
Axion quark nuggets (AQNs) are macroscopic dark-matter candidates, with masses of the order of a few grams to a kilogram and sub-micron radius, thought to form at the Quantum Chrom…
The Glow of Axion Quark Nugget Dark Matter: (III) The Mysteries of the Milky Way UV Background
Michael Sekatchev, Xunyu Liang, Fereshteh Majidi +3
Axion quark nuggets (AQNs) are hypothetical objects with nuclear density that would have formed during the quark-hadron transition and could make up most of the dark matter today.…