Peer Reviewed Science
There is solid science supporting Magnetized Quark Nuggets as a candidate for dark matter.
Peer Reviewed Science
There is solid science supporting Magnetized Quark Nuggets as a candidate for dark matter.
MQN Guide
Much like GPS guides one along a pathway to a destination, we present 8 “waypoints” of relevant information to guide readers through the overall concept.
Peer Reviewed Science
Is there solid science supporting Magnetized Quark Nuggets as a candidate for dark matter?
Dark Matter
Tell me about dark matter and the Standard Model of Cosmology.
Normal Matter and Quarks
Tell me about normal matter, quarks, and the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
Quark Nuggets and Magnetar Pulsars
What do Magnetar Pulsars have to do with Quark Nuggets?
Aggregation vs. Decay
Since Quark Nuggets are not observed in high-energy accelerator experiments, aren’t they excluded as stable particles and therefore cannot be dark matter?
Detection
If MQNs exist, how can they be detected and have they been detected?
Capture
Since MQNs should be indestructible, can their passage through the Sun slow them down enough to make them collectable?
Applications
If MQNs can be collected, what applications might they enable?
People Make Progress
MQN Collaboration endeavors to determine if MQNs are
A. Key to a sustainable solar system with a thriving Earth
or
B. Hypothesis that explains a lot of mysterious phenomena but may be disproven by more experiments.
Twenty-three years of work by the virtual team and documented in the peer reviewed publications below supports potential outcome A so far.
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Formation, stability, mass distribution, and compatibility with requirements of dark matter
- Detection by energy deposition in matter
- MQN rotation and detection by electromagnetic emissions
- Observation by energy deposition with non-meteorite impact craters (Special Issue on Origins and Natures of Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy)
- Observation by effects of rotating MQNs (Special Issue on Origins and Natures of Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy)
- Magnetised quark nuggets in the atmosphere
- A Search for Magnetized Quark Nuggets (MQNs), a Candidate for Dark Matter, Accumulating in Iron Ore
MQN Guide
Much like GPS guides one along a pathway to a destination, we present 8 “waypoints” of relevant information to guide readers through the overall concept.
Peer Reviewed Science
Is there solid science supporting Magnetized Quark Nuggets as a candidate for dark matter?
Dark Matter
Tell me about dark matter and the Standard Model of Cosmology.
Normal Matter and Quarks
Tell me about normal matter, quarks, and the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
Quark Nuggets and Magnetar Pulsars
What do Magnetar Pulsars have to do with Quark Nuggets?
Aggregation vs. Decay
Since Quark Nuggets are not observed in high-energy accelerator experiments, aren’t they excluded as stable particles and therefore cannot be dark matter?
Detection
If MQNs exist, how can they be detected and have they been detected?
Capture
Since MQNs should be indestructible, can their passage through the Sun slow them down enough to make them collectable?
Applications
If MQNs can be collected, what applications might they enable?
People Make Progress
MQN Collaboration endeavors to determine if MQNs are
A. Key to a sustainable solar system with a thriving Earth
or
B. Hypothesis that explains a lot of mysterious phenomena but may be disproven by more experiments.
Twenty-three years of work by the virtual team and documented in the peer reviewed publications below supports potential outcome A so far.
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Formation, stability, mass distribution, and compatibility with requirements of dark matter
- Detection by energy deposition in matter
- MQN rotation and detection by electromagnetic emissions
- Observation by energy deposition with non-meteorite impact craters (Special Issue on Origins and Natures of Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy)
- Observation by effects of rotating MQNs (Special Issue on Origins and Natures of Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy)
- Magnetised quark nuggets in the atmosphere
- A Search for Magnetized Quark Nuggets (MQNs), a Candidate for Dark Matter, Accumulating in Iron Ore
MQN Collaboration endeavors to determine if MQNs are
A. Key to a sustainable solar system with a thriving Earth
or
B. Hypothesis that explains a lot of mysterious phenomena but may be disproven by more experiments.
Twenty-three years of work by the virtual team and documented in the peer reviewed publications below supports potential outcome A so far.
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Formation, stability, mass distribution, and compatibility with requirements of dark matter
- Detection by energy deposition in matter
- MQN rotation and detection by electromagnetic emissions
- Observation by energy deposition with non-meteorite impact craters (Special Issue on Origins and Natures of Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy)
- Observation by effects of rotating MQNs (Special Issue on Origins and Natures of Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy)
- Magnetised quark nuggets in the atmosphere
- A Search for Magnetized Quark Nuggets (MQNs), a Candidate for Dark Matter, Accumulating in Iron Ore
MQN Guide
Much like GPS guides one along a pathway to a destination, we present 8 “waypoints” of relevant information to guide readers through the overall concept.
Peer Reviewed Science (above)
Is there solid science supporting Magnetized Quark Nuggets as a candidate for dark matter?
Dark Matter
Tell me about dark matter and the Standard Model of Cosmology.
Normal Matter and Quarks
Tell me about normal matter, quarks, and the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
Quark Nuggets and Magnetar Pulsars
What do Magnetar Pulsars have to do with Quark Nuggets?
Aggregation vs. Decay
Since Quark Nuggets are not observed in high-energy accelerator experiments, aren’t they excluded as stable particles and therefore cannot be dark matter?
Detection
If MQNs exist, how can they be detected and have they been detected?
Capture
Since MQNs should be indestructible, can their passage through the Sun slow them down enough to make them collectable?
Applications
If MQNs can be collected, what applications might they enable?
