# Trinity of Strangeon Matter

## TL;DR

This paper introduces the concept of strangeon matter as a new form of bulk strong matter, potentially manifesting in compact stars, cosmic rays, and dark matter, with significant implications for physics.

## Contribution

It proposes strangeon matter as a novel constituent of bulk strong matter, linking micro nucleon physics to astrophysical phenomena and dark matter.

## Key findings

- Strangeon matter may form compact stars, cosmic rays, and dark matter.
- A critical baryon number of about 10^9 separates nucleon and strangeon matter.
- The concept could significantly impact current physics theories.

## Abstract

Strangeon is proposed to be the constituent of bulk strong matter, as an analogy of nucleon for an atomic nucleus. The nature of both nucleon matter (2 quark flavors, u and d) and strangeon matter (3 flavors, u, d and s) is controlled by the strong-force, but the baryon number of the former is much smaller than that of the latter, to be separated by a critical number of $A_{\rm c}\sim 10^9$. While micro nucleon matter (i.e., nuclei) is focused by nuclear physicists, astrophysical/macro strangeon matter could be manifested in the form of compact stars (strangeon star), cosmic rays (strangeon cosmic ray), and even dark matter (strangeon dark matter). This trinity of strangeon matter is explained, that may impact dramatically on today's physics.