Energy loss and damage production by heavy ions and strange quark matter in silicon

TL;DR

This paper investigates how strange quark matter differs from ordinary ions in silicon, focusing on energy loss and damage production, and explores potential observable effects of material degradation caused by these exotic particles.

Contribution

It introduces a comparative analysis of strange quark matter and ordinary ions in silicon, highlighting unique behaviors and potential observable degradation effects.

Findings

Distinct energy loss patterns for strange quark matter

Potential observable degradation effects in silicon

Differences in damage production mechanisms

Abstract

In this contribution, the peculiarities of the behaviour of strange quark matter in respect to ordinary ions in silicon are investigated, and a tentative to identify possible observable effects of degradation is made.