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Hexaquark

In particle physics, hexaquarks, alternatively known as sexaquarks,[1] are a large family of hypothetical particles, each particle consisting of six quarks or antiquarks of any flavours. Six constituent quarks in any of several combinations could yield a colour charge of zero; for example a hexaquark might contain either six quarks, resembling two baryons bound together (a dibaryon), or three quarks and three antiquarks.[2] Once formed, dibaryons are predicted to be fairly stable by the standards of particle physics.

A number of experiments have been suggested to detect dibaryon decays and interactions. In the 1990s, several candidate dibaryon decays were observed but they were not confirmed.[3][4][5]

There is a theory that strange particles such as hyperons[6] and dibaryons[7][8] could form in the interior of a neutron star, changing its mass–radius ratio in ways that might be detectable. Accordingly, measurements of neutron stars could set constraints on possible dibaryon properties.[9] A large fraction of the neutrons in a neutron star could turn into hyperons and merge into dibaryons during the early part of its collapse into a black hole [citation needed]. These dibaryons would very quickly dissolve into quark–gluon plasma during the collapse, or go into some currently unknown state of matter.

D-star hexaquark

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In 2014, a potential dibaryon was detected at the Jülich Research Center at about 2380 MeV. The center claimed that the measurements confirm results from 2011, via a more replicable method.[10][11] The particle existed for 10−23 seconds and was named d*(2380).[12] This particle is hypothesized to consist of three up and three down quarks, and has been proposed as a candidate for dark matter.[13][14][15]

The study found that production of stable d*(2380) hexaquarks could account for 85% of the Universe's dark matter.[16][17]

H dibaryon

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In 1977, Robert Jaffe proposed that a possibly stable H dibaryon with the quark composition udsuds could notionally result from the combination of two uds hyperons.[18][1][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Others

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  • In 2022 Riken researchers studied the existence of triply charmed dibaryon   concluding computationally that it should fall within a feasible regime.[25][26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Oddball sexaquark particles could be immortal, if they exist at all". Live Science. 4 February 2020.
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  12. ^ Adlarson, P.; et al. (2014). "Evidence for a New Resonance from Polarized Neutron-Proton Scattering". Physical Review Letters. 112 (2): 202301. arXiv:1402.6844. Bibcode:2014PhRvL.112t2301A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.202301. S2CID 2280323.
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  15. ^ "Did this newfound particle form the universe's dark matter?". Space.com. 5 March 2020.
  16. ^ Williams, M. (11 March 2020). "Is the "D-star Hexaquark" the Dark Matter Particle?". Universe Today.
  17. ^ "Ask Ethan: It's Absurd To Think Dark Matter Might Be Made Of Hexaquarks, Right?". Forbes.
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  20. ^ Kolb, E. W.; Turner, M. S. (2019). "Dibaryons cannot be the dark matter". Physical Review D. 99 (6): 063519. arXiv:1809.06003. Bibcode:2019PhRvD..99f3519K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.063519. S2CID 86859713.
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  24. ^ Azizi, K.; Agaev, S. S.; Sundu, H. (2020). "The Scalar Hexaquark uuddss: a Candidate to Dark Matter?". Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 47 (9): 095001. arXiv:1904.09913. Bibcode:2020JPhG...47i5001A. doi:10.1088/1361-6471/ab9a0e. S2CID 127956495.
  25. ^ Lyu, Yan; Tong, Hui; Sugiura, Takuya; Aoki, Sinya; Doi, Takumi; Hatsuda, Tetsuo; Meng, Jie; Miyamoto, Takaya (2021-08-11). "Dibaryon with Highest Charm Number near Unitarity from Lattice QCD". Physical Review Letters. 127 (7): 072003. arXiv:2102.00181. Bibcode:2021PhRvL.127g2003L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.072003. hdl:2433/265092. PMID 34459647.
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