The hunt for Dark Matter won't go away. WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles), sterile neutrinos, axions or other forms of known material don't seem to be fitting the bill on the trail for the Dark grail. Are the traps being set in the wrong places? Or are the hunters looking for the wrong things?
Some considerable time ago, I proposed a Particle to fill the space available in the early versions of Dark Matter hunting. The Petrino had various qualities that didn't get any bites from the scientific sea, but still, it seems to sit comfortably enough with its potential ingredients. So I'd like to bring it back to the surface and re-dress it a bit, to see if there are any interested fishing parties who might want to take it seriously.
Some considerable time ago, I proposed a Particle to fill the space available in the early versions of Dark Matter hunting. The Petrino had various qualities that didn't get any bites from the scientific sea, but still, it seems to sit comfortably enough with its potential ingredients. So I'd like to bring it back to the surface and re-dress it a bit, to see if there are any interested fishing parties who might want to take it seriously.
Here is the original 2013 Blog post on the Petrino, which didn't get any Likes, or Comments, or anything at all, really. It just sat there for a few years. Right now it's sitting behind the picture here.
My problem with the standard approach to the Dark Matter problem, then as now, is the fierce dependency on constants. Dark Matter isn't likely to be found in the list of usual suspects - it's been around a long time, escaping detection until very recently. So to catch a glimpse of it, parameters have to be set outside the familiar box.
Scientists strongly suspect that neutrinos can 'skip' dimensions as they travel - they are not at all sure how they do this, but they do know that Neutrinos oscillate (change from one form to another) as they fly along at something around the speed of light. There was a lot of debate in 2011 as to whether they travelled faster than light, which caused some flurries in scientific underpants, since a host of evidence seemed to point to the possibility that they do. Then the doors slammed in 2012 with 'debunking' claims that the humble Neutrino meekly obeyed the Constant, after all. From that day to this, nothing further on the subject has been mentioned.
My problem with the standard approach to the Dark Matter problem, then as now, is the fierce dependency on constants. Dark Matter isn't likely to be found in the list of usual suspects - it's been around a long time, escaping detection until very recently. So to catch a glimpse of it, parameters have to be set outside the familiar box.
Scientists strongly suspect that neutrinos can 'skip' dimensions as they travel - they are not at all sure how they do this, but they do know that Neutrinos oscillate (change from one form to another) as they fly along at something around the speed of light. There was a lot of debate in 2011 as to whether they travelled faster than light, which caused some flurries in scientific underpants, since a host of evidence seemed to point to the possibility that they do. Then the doors slammed in 2012 with 'debunking' claims that the humble Neutrino meekly obeyed the Constant, after all. From that day to this, nothing further on the subject has been mentioned.
But another particle was whistling from the wings - the Sterile Neutrino, which has right-handed spin and only interacts through gravity. Sterile neutrinos don't interact with matter at all. So their interactions, by deduction, have to be occurring out of sight somewhere, just as the interactions of Dark Matter have to be occurring (to cause any effects we can recognise at all!) in a Shadowland of perplexing interdimensional invisibility. In 2016, the hunt for them was stepped up at Daya Bay in China (story behind the picture to the left).
Dark Matter has to be composed of something other than known particles, something which interacts in a completely different way. The particle in question doesn't have to have any measurable relationship with any other particles, as it won't be interacting with them. I suggest the concept is connected to thought, to consciousness, and that once the nature of Dark Materials is cracked, scientists can start to piece together the fundamental operations of life itself, in the highest realms of spacial places.
I'm not the first to think along these lines. But when you find the Dark Matter particle to tick all the boxes I proposed in 2013, please be sure to call it the Petrino, and credit me, because I thought of it first. Thanks.
Dark Matter has to be composed of something other than known particles, something which interacts in a completely different way. The particle in question doesn't have to have any measurable relationship with any other particles, as it won't be interacting with them. I suggest the concept is connected to thought, to consciousness, and that once the nature of Dark Materials is cracked, scientists can start to piece together the fundamental operations of life itself, in the highest realms of spacial places.
I'm not the first to think along these lines. But when you find the Dark Matter particle to tick all the boxes I proposed in 2013, please be sure to call it the Petrino, and credit me, because I thought of it first. Thanks.
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