load_mica_constraints

macro_lightning.data.load_mica_constraints() → Sequence[source]

Mica Polygon Vertices.

A longstanding constraint comes from examination of a slab of ancient mica for tracks that would have been left by the passage of a macro moving at the typical speed of dark matter in the Galaxy. This was used to rule out macros of \(M_x \leq 55\,\) g for a wide range of cross sections [1], [2], [3]

Returns
pointsndarray

N x 2 array for a Polygon

See also

plot_mica_constraints()

References

1

Price, P. (1988). Limits on Contribution of Cosmic Nuclearites to Galactic Dark MatterPhysical Review D, 38, 3813-3814.

2

De Rujula, A., & Glashow, S. (1984). Nuclearites: A Novel Form of Cosmic RadiationNature, 312, 734-737.

3

David M. Jacobs, Glenn D. Starkman, & Bryan W. Lynn (2014). Macro Dark MatterMNRAS.