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We briefly review the status of strange quark matter and the capabilities of seismic networks for detecting nuggets of strange quark matter that pass through the Earth if an appreciable fraction of galactic halo dark matter is in the form of ton-sized nuggets. We describe progress to date in analyzing 13 years of seismic data and we note the possibility that new networks under development for verifying compliance with the recently negotiated Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty might be capable of contributing to detection of such nuggets.
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Herrin, E.T., Teplitz, V.L. (1997). Seismic Search for Strange Quark Matter. In: Kursunoglu, B.N., Mintz, S.L., Perlmutter, A. (eds) High-Energy Physics and Cosmology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5397-7_14
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