Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-05-12
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 023508
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
25 pages, in RevTeX, to appear in Phys.Rev.D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.023508
We have performed a detailed investigation of geophysical constraints on the possible admixture of mirror matter inside the Earth. On the basis of the Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) -- the `Standard Model' of the Earth's interior -- we have developed a method which allows one to compute changes in various quantities characterising the Earth (mass, moment of inertia, normal mode frequencies etc.)due to the presence of mirror matter. As a result we have been able to obtain for the first time the direct upper bounds on the possible concentration of the mirror matter in the Earth. In terms of the ratio of the mirror mass to the Earth mass a conservative upper bound is $3.8\times 10^{-3}$. We then analysed possible mechanisms (such as lunar and solar tidal forces, meteorite impacts and earthquakes) of exciting mirror matter oscillations around the Earth centre. Such oscillations could manifest themselves through global variations of the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface. We conclude that such variations are too small to be observed. Our results are valid for other types of hypothetical matter coupled to ordinary matter by gravitation only (e.g. the shadow matter of superstring theories).
Ignatiev Yu. A.
Volkas Raymond R.
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