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Dark Matter

Anna Jorovic

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It's the collected souls of grumpy old grandmothers, who are so annoyed at how messy the universe is they want to stick around and tidy it up a bit. Obviously.
 

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It's the collected souls of grumpy old grandmothers, who are so annoyed at how messy the universe is they want to stick around and tidy it up a bit. Obviously.

I was going to say that, but you beat me to it!
 
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I consider dark matter a placeholder for the unexplained mass in our universe. At some point, sooner or later, a discovery will be made that reasonably explains away the unaccounted-for mass and the concept of "dark matter" will disappear. Who knows what that will be... whether it's a previously undescribed property of physics that results from bodies in space acting on one another or something else entirely. So in this sense, I would say that dark matter is nothing, and it's also something unknown.
 

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I consider dark matter a placeholder for the unexplained mass in our universe. At some point, sooner or later, a discovery will be made that reasonably explains away the unaccounted-for mass and the concept of "dark matter" will disappear. Who knows what that will be... whether it's a previously undescribed property of physics that results from bodies in space acting on one another or something else entirely. So in this sense, I would say that dark matter is nothing, and it's also something unknown.

First you say it's a mass, then you say it's nothing?
 

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No, I said it's a placeholder for unexplained mass. It's like the "here be dragons" on a map. Cartographers knew something was there.

What if I told you that the problem could be resolved by making a simple adjustment to Newton's gravitational formula?
 

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There is no such thing as non-baryonic dark matter anchored to matter. Aether has mass, physically occupies three dimensional space and is physically displaced by the particles of matter which exist in it and move through it.

'Galactic Pile-Up May Point to Mysterious New Dark Force in the Universe - Wired Science'
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/musket-ball-dark-force/

"The reason this is strange is that dark matter is thought to barely interact with itself. The dark matter should just coast through itself and move at the same speed as the hardly interacting galaxies. Instead, it looks like the dark matter is crashing into something — perhaps itself – and slowing down faster than the galaxies are. But this would require the dark matter to be able to interact with itself in a completely new an unexpected way, a “dark force” that affects only dark matter."

A "new dark force" is unnecessary and more evidence of how screwed up mainstream physics is. The galaxy clusters are moving through and displacing the aether, analogous to the bow waves of two boats which pass by each other very closely.

It is the aether which piles up.

'Offset between dark matter and ordinary matter: evidence from a sample of 38 lensing clusters of galaxies'
http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.1475

"Our data strongly support the idea that the gravitational potential in clusters is mainly due to a non-baryonic fluid, and any exotic field in gravitational theory must resemble that of CDM fields very closely."

The offset is due to the galaxy clusters moving through the aether. The analogy is a submarine moving through the water. You are under water. Two miles away from you are many lights. Moving between you and the lights one mile away is a submarine. The submarine displaces the water. The state of displacement of the water causes the center of the lensing of the light propagating through the water to be offset from the center of the submarine itself. The offset between the center of the lensing of the light propagating through the water displaced by the submarine and the center of the submarine itself is going to remain the same as the submarine moves through the water. The submarine continually displaces different regions of the water. The state of the water connected to and neighboring the submarine remains the same as the submarine moves through the water even though it is not the same water the submarine continually displaces. This is what is occurring physically in nature as the galaxy clusters move through and displace the aether.
 

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So aether is like a fluid.

The aether is, or behaves similar to, a supersolid.

"The word 'ether' has extremely negative connotations in theoretical physics because of its past association with opposition to relativity. This is unfortunate because, stripped of these connotations, it rather nicely captures the way most physicists actually think about the vacuum. . . . Relativity actually says nothing about the existence or nonexistence of matter pervading the universe, only that any such matter must have relativistic symmetry. [..] It turns out that such matter exists. About the time relativity was becoming accepted, studies of radioactivity began showing that the empty vacuum of space had spectroscopic structure similar to that of ordinary quantum solids and fluids. Subsequent studies with large particle accelerators have now led us to understand that space is more like a piece of window glass than ideal Newtonian emptiness. It is filled with 'stuff' that is normally transparent but can be made visible by hitting it sufficiently hard to knock out a part. The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether. But we do not call it this because it is taboo." - Robert B. Laughlin, Nobel Laureate in Physics, endowed chair in physics, Stanford University

The "like a piece of window glass" is the 'solid' part of supersolid.

"any particle, even isolated, has to be imagined as in continuous “energetic contact” with a hidden medium ... If a hidden sub-quantum medium is assumed, knowledge of its nature would seem desirable. It certainly is of quite complex character. It could not serve as a universal reference medium, as this would be contrary to relativity theory." - Louis de Broglie, Nobel Laureate in Physics

"According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time intervals in the physical sense." - Albert Einstein, Nobel Laureate in Physics

The relativistic ether referred to by Laughlin is the hidden sub-quantum medium referred to by de Broglie is the ether which propagates light referred to by Einstein.

By relativistic ether Laughlin is saying you can't know the state of the ether. You can't know if the ether flows or not. You can't point to an object and say, "I know that object is at rest with respect to the state of the ether in which it exists".

Same for de Broglie. de Broglie is saying the hidden medium of de Broglie wave mechanics can not "serve as a universal reference medium".

In the following Einstein is saying the ether does not consist of individual particles which can be separately tracked through time. This is Einstein's way of discussing the relativistic ether. We can't know if the ether flows or not.

'Ether and the Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein'
http://www.tuhh.de/rzt/rzt/it/Ether.htmll

"Think of waves on the surface of water. Here we can describe two entirely different things. Either we may observe how the undulatory surface forming the boundary between water and air alters in the course of time; or else-with the help of small floats, for instance - we can observe how the position of the separate particles of water alters in the course of time. If the existence of such floats for tracking the motion of the particles of a fluid were a fundamental impossibility in physics - if, in fact nothing else whatever were observable than the shape of the space occupied by the water as it varies in time, we should have no ground for the assumption that water consists of movable particles. But all the same we could characterise it as a medium."

if, in fact nothing else whatever were observable than the shape of the space occupied by the aether as it varies in time, we should have no ground for the assumption that aether consists of movable particles. But all the same we could characterise it as a medium having mass which is displaced by the particles of matter which exist in it and move through it.
 

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there is no aether...light needs no medium.

Three Nobel Laureates disagree with you.

"The word 'ether' has extremely negative connotations in theoretical physics because of its past association with opposition to relativity. This is unfortunate because, stripped of these connotations, it rather nicely captures the way most physicists actually think about the vacuum. . . . Relativity actually says nothing about the existence or nonexistence of matter pervading the universe, only that any such matter must have relativistic symmetry. [..] It turns out that such matter exists. About the time relativity was becoming accepted, studies of radioactivity began showing that the empty vacuum of space had spectroscopic structure similar to that of ordinary quantum solids and fluids. Subsequent studies with large particle accelerators have now led us to understand that space is more like a piece of window glass than ideal Newtonian emptiness. It is filled with 'stuff' that is normally transparent but can be made visible by hitting it sufficiently hard to knock out a part. The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether. But we do not call it this because it is taboo." - Robert B. Laughlin, Nobel Laureate in Physics, endowed chair in physics, Stanford University

"any particle, even isolated, has to be imagined as in continuous “energetic contact” with a hidden medium ... If a hidden sub-quantum medium is assumed, knowledge of its nature would seem desirable. It certainly is of quite complex character. It could not serve as a universal reference medium, as this would be contrary to relativity theory." - Louis de Broglie, Nobel Laureate in Physics

"According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time intervals in the physical sense." - Albert Einstein, Nobel Laureate in Physics

The relativistic ether referred to by Laughlin is the hidden sub-quantum medium referred to by de Broglie is the ether which propagates light referred to by Einstein.
 

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Gravity needs a medium.

Lawrence M. Krauss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_M._Krauss) says, "If you removed all of the particles, all of the radiation, absolutely everything from space and all that remained was nothing that nothing would weigh something."

What weighs something has mass. If everything is removed then all that is left is the aether. Meaning, aether has mass.

Casimir effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect#Vacuum_energy

"a "field" in physics may be envisioned as if space were filled with interconnected vibrating balls and springs, and the strength of the field can be visualized as the displacement of a ball from its rest position"

A 'field' in physics is the aether and the strength of the field is the displacement of the aether from its relative rest position.

Each of the plates in the Casimir effect displace the aether. The displaced aether which exists between the plates is pushing back toward each of the plates which causes the force associated with the aether displaced by each of the plates which exists between the plates to offset. This aether is more at relativistic rest than the aether which is displaced by the plates which encompasses the plates. The reduced force associated with aether which exists between the plates along with the displaced aether which encompasses the plates which is pushing back and exerting inward pressure toward the plates causes the plates to be forced together.

What occurs physically in nature in the Casimir effect is the same phenomenon as gravity.

There is no such thing as non-baryonic dark matter anchored to matter. Aether has mass. Aether physically occupies three dimensional space. Aether is physically displaced by matter.

The aether which exists between the Earth and the Moon is displaced by both the Earth and the Moon and is pushing back toward the Earth and toward the Moon. This displaced aether offsets and cancels each other out to some degree. This aether is more at relativistic rest than the displaced aether which encompasses the Earth and the Moon.

The aether which encompasses the Earth and the Moon is able to exert more pressure on the solid matter Earth than it can the liquid oceans. This, along with the molecular bonds associated with the solid matter the Earth consists of, causes the solid matter Earth to be pushed closer to the Moon than the ocean water opposite the Moon. This causes the ocean to 'rise' opposite the Moon. The aether between the Earth and Moon exerts less pressure on the ocean water than it can the solid matter Earth. This, along with the the molecular bonds associated with the solid matter the Earth consists of, causes the ocean to rise between the Earth and Moon.

In terms of relativity, spacetime is less curved between the Earth and the Moon and more curved encompassing the Earth and the Moon.

In terms of what occurs physically in nature, the aether is more at relativistic rest between the Earth and the Moon and more displaced encompassing the Earth and the Moon.

Albert Einstein's 'First Paper'; a letter to his Uncle
http://www.straco.ch/papers/Einstein First Paper.pdf

"The velocity of a wave is proportional to the square root of the elastic forces which cause [its] propagation, and inversely proportional to the mass of the aether moved by these forces."

Einstein is referring to the state of displacement of the aether.

The velocity of a wave is proportional to the square root of the elastic forces which cause its propagation, and inversely proportional to the mass of the aether displaced by these forces.

Einstein: Ether and Relativity
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html

"Think of waves on the surface of water. Here we can describe two entirely different things. Either we may observe how the undulatory surface forming the boundary between water and air alters in the course of time; or else-with the help of small floats, for instance - we can observe how the position of the separate particles of water alters in the course of time. If the existence of such floats for tracking the motion of the particles of a fluid were a fundamental impossibility in physics - if, in fact nothing else whatever were observable than the shape of the space occupied by the water as it varies in time, we should have no ground for the assumption that water consists of movable particles. But all the same we could characterise it as a medium."

if, in fact nothing else whatever were observable than the shape of the space occupied by the aether as it varies in time, we should have no ground for the assumption that aether consists of movable particles. But all the same we could characterise it as a medium having mass which is displaced by the particles of matter which exist in it and move through it.

The following image is theorized to represent the 'dark matter halos' which are anchored to the galaxy clusters. The 'dark matter halos' are theorized to travel with the galaxy clusters. This is incorrect.

Think of the following image as being a piece of window glass where the space surrounding the galaxies represents the state of displacement of the aether. The aether surrounding the galaxies does not travel with the galaxies. The galaxies are moving through and displacing the aether. Think of a bunch of submarines moving through the ocean. The submarines move through and displace the water. Galaxies move through and physically displace the aether.

submarines.jpg

The halos surrounding the galaxy clusters is the state of displacement of the aether. The aether displaced by the galaxy clusters, pushing back and exerting inward pressure toward the galaxy clusters is gravity.

The state of displacement of the aether is gravity.
 
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