We are conducting experimental searches for nuclei of anomalous mass. Such nuclei could arise from a massive supersymmetric particle bound to a nucleus for from three flavor quark matter. These searches utilize accelerator mass spectroscopy, a technique that has been developed in recent years to give sensitivities of better than one part in 1015. Our experiments are guided by theoretical studies we have done on anomalous nuclei. These theoretical studies suggest the masses of the most easily observed candidates.
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