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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne

HK 69: Heavy-Ion Collisions and QCD Phases XVI

HK 69.3: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 14. März 2024, 16:15–16:30, HBR 62: EG 05

Sexaquark Search with ALICE — •Andres Borquez — Physikalisches Institut, Germany

For many years, WIMPs have been the most popular dark matter candidate. However, despite extensive experimental research, no WIMP signal has yet been detected, leading to the search for more exotic candidates. In 2017, G. Farrar proposed the sexaquark as a new baryonic candidate for dark matter, which is a neutral, compact, six-quark state with the quark content uuddss. This particle is consistent with our current understanding of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the relic abundance of dark matter. In the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), we plan to search for this exotic particle via its interaction with detector material after being produced in heavy ion collisions.

In this talk, we will discuss the challenges and prospects of this search, as well as an analysis of the simulations needed to carry it out.

Keywords: Sexaquark; ALICE; Exotic; Dark Matter