1999/03/24 by Deepak Chandra, Ashok Goyal
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.62.063505
published as Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 063505 · LaTeX file with four postscript figures
arxiv created 1999/03/24 · openalex publication_date 2000/07/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We study the dynamics of a first-order phase transition in the early Universe when it was 10--50 \ensuremathμs old with quarks and gluons condensing into hadrons. We look at the evolution of the Universe in small as well as large supercooling scenarios, specifically exploring the formation of quark nuggets, their possible survival and identification with the recently observed dark objects in our galactic halo which may account for the dark matter component in the Universe.