2 papers
astro-ph2004
Reply to Comment on Strangelets as Cosmic Rays beyond the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff
Jes Madsen
It is argued that strangelets are viable candidates for ultrahigh energy cosmic rays that circumvent the acceleration and energy-loss problems facing protons and nuclei, in spite o…
astro-ph2002
Strangelets as Cosmic Rays beyond the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff
Jes Madsen, Jonas M. Larsen
Strangelets (stable lumps of quark matter) can have masses and charges much higher than those of nuclei, but have very low charge-to-mass ratios. This is confirmed in a relativisti…