Do mirror planets exist in our solar system?
| dc.creator | Foot, R. | |
| dc.creator | Silagadze, Z. K. | |
| dc.date | 2001-04-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:58:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:58:14Z | |
| dc.description | Mirror matter is predicted to exist if parity is an unbroken symmetry of nature. Currently, there is a large amount of evidence that mirror matter actually exists coming from astrophysics and particle physics. One of the most fascinating (but speculative) possibilities is that there is a significant abundance of mirror matter within our solar system. If the mirror matter condensed to form a large body of planatary or stellar mass then there could be interesting observable effects. Indeed studies of long period comets suggest the existence of a solar companion which has escaped direct detection and is therefore a candidate for a mirror body. Nemesis, hypothetical "death star" companion of the Sun, proposed to explain biological mass extinctions, may potentially be a mirror star. We examine the prospects for detecting these objects if they do indeed exist and are made of mirror matter. | |
| dc.description | 11 pages, no figures, LaTeX, aastex style | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104251 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104251 | |
| dc.identifier | Acta Phys.Polon. B32 (2001) 2271-2278 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/2691 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Do mirror planets exist in our solar system? | |
| dc.type | text |