Strangelets at Chacaltaya

We discuss the possible imprints of strangelets (i.e., lumps of Strange Quark Matter) in Chacaltaya experimental data using model of propagation of such objects through the atmosphere developed by us recently.Comment: gz-compressed .tar file containing LaTeX file and 4 PS files with figures, 5 pages altogether (Nuovo Cimento cimento.cls style file attached) Presented at Chacaltaya Meeting On Cosmic Ray Physics, La Paz - Bolivia, 23-27 July 2000. To be published in Nuovo Cimento (Proc. Suppl.

Muon bundles from the Universe

Recently the CERN ALICE experiment, in its dedicated cosmic ray run, observed muon bundles of very high multiplicities, thereby confirming similar findings from the LEP era at CERN (in the CosmoLEP project). Significant evidence for anisotropy of arrival directions of the observed high multiplicity muonic bundles is found. Estimated directionality suggests their possible extragalactic provenance. We argue that muonic bundles of highest multiplicity are produced by strangelets, hypothetical stable lumps of strange quark matter infiltrating our Universe.Comment: 4 pages, Proceedings for 17th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter, Utrecht, the Netherland

Muons from strangelets

The hypothesis is discussed that muon bundles of extremaly high multiplicity observed recently by ALEPH detector (in the dedicated cosmic-ray run) can originate from the strangelets colliding with the atmosphere.Comment: gz-compressed .tar file containing LaTeX file and 3 PS files with figures, 4 pages altogether (Nucl. Phys. B style, espcrc2.sty file attached) Presented at XI International Symposium On Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interaction, Campinas, Brazil, July 17-21, 2000. To be published in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.). Some typos correcte