nuclearite

See also: nucléarité

English

Etymology

Blend of nuclear +‎ meteorite

Noun

nuclearite (plural nuclearites)

1. (astronomy) An aggregate of quarks when in collision with the Earth
   • 2015, M.Bassan, E.Coccia, S.D'Antonio, V.Fafone, G. Giordano, A. Marini, Y.Minenkov, I. Modena, G. V. Pallottino, G.Pizzella, A. Rocchi, F. Ronga, M. Visco, “Dark Matter searches using gravitational wave bar detectors: quark nuggets and newtorites”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     After a short discussion on nuclearites, the result of a nuclearite search with the gravitational wave bar detectors Nautilus and Explorer is reported.

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