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LTP Colloquium

Forming a Dark Matter Candidate (the Sexaquark) through antiprotonic Atoms?

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 16:00
WBGB/019

Michael Doser, CERN

Abstract:
While dark matter candidates range from ultra-light axions to superheavy WIMPs, there might be another window in which to look for them: a hypothetical Standard Model uuddss (sexaquark) state at around 2 GeV/c2 could combine many of the necessary requirements that a dark matter candidate needs to satisfy. This talk will touch upon a number of areas related to its possible existence, its properties and possible formation pathway through the annihilation of antiprotons on 3He, as well as how it could be detected if it exists (and can be formed).