A possible solution to the problem of dark matter?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:01 pm
As I was reflecting on my new Kaluza-Klein paper and the last few pages which I wrote the other day reviewing all-interaction unification, it occurred to me that a result I obtained in 2013 may offer a solution to the problem of so-called “dark matter.“ This solution would be based on section 6 of my paper at the following link:
http://file.scirp.org/Html/30822.html
Let me explain.
Dark matter is needed because of the belief that there is not enough known gravitating matter to hold things together the way they are held together, for example, galaxies, and that somehow the extra matter must be there even though we cannot detect it. But in my paper above, I discovered that neutrinos, which are a known particle, do not gravitationally interact with any other type of particle, but rather are repulsive with respect to all other particles. They are only gravitationally attractive amongst themselves. So in view of that, let me ask a question:
Suppose we are working on the basis of a wrong assumption regarding the matter that we actually know about and can detect. Particularly, suppose we are working on the wrong assumption that neutrinos attract all other particles gravitationally, just like all other particles besides the neutrino actually do. Moreover, suppose the neutrinos actually repelled everything else, which is what I found in the 2013 paper, and which fits with their rather squirrely nature.
In a cosmological setting, neutrinos would seek out regions to cluster amongst themselves, and all other particles would cluster amongst themselves, with segregation between the neutrinos and everything else. We know that the other particles are heavily concentrated in stars and planets and galaxies, so we have to presume that the neutrinos congregate in interstellar and intergalactic space. And given that a neutrino can pass through the entire earth, they certainly don’t seem to want to have anything to do with us.
So what if the neutrinos in intergalactic space, because they are repelling the main matter of the galaxies, are forcing the galaxies to appear to be more tightly gravitating than they actually are. In other words, suppose what is holding the galaxies together better than we expect and therefore making us think that we require dark matter is not an attractive force within the galaxies, but a repulsive force coming from the neutrinos congregated outside the galaxies as far as they can get away from regular matter. A push rather than a pull. Then perhaps we don’t need the dark matter anymore, because the real problem is that we have missed the boat on the actual way in which neutrinos gravitate.
Just a preliminary thought, not ready to hang any hats on it. But I did want to get some feedback and see what other people might think.
The broad way to pose the question is this: if neutrinos are actually gravitationally repelling rather than attracting with respect to all other particles, which I do hang my hat on based on what I found in 2013, how might that impact the dark matter problem?
Jay
http://file.scirp.org/Html/30822.html
Let me explain.
Dark matter is needed because of the belief that there is not enough known gravitating matter to hold things together the way they are held together, for example, galaxies, and that somehow the extra matter must be there even though we cannot detect it. But in my paper above, I discovered that neutrinos, which are a known particle, do not gravitationally interact with any other type of particle, but rather are repulsive with respect to all other particles. They are only gravitationally attractive amongst themselves. So in view of that, let me ask a question:
Suppose we are working on the basis of a wrong assumption regarding the matter that we actually know about and can detect. Particularly, suppose we are working on the wrong assumption that neutrinos attract all other particles gravitationally, just like all other particles besides the neutrino actually do. Moreover, suppose the neutrinos actually repelled everything else, which is what I found in the 2013 paper, and which fits with their rather squirrely nature.
In a cosmological setting, neutrinos would seek out regions to cluster amongst themselves, and all other particles would cluster amongst themselves, with segregation between the neutrinos and everything else. We know that the other particles are heavily concentrated in stars and planets and galaxies, so we have to presume that the neutrinos congregate in interstellar and intergalactic space. And given that a neutrino can pass through the entire earth, they certainly don’t seem to want to have anything to do with us.
So what if the neutrinos in intergalactic space, because they are repelling the main matter of the galaxies, are forcing the galaxies to appear to be more tightly gravitating than they actually are. In other words, suppose what is holding the galaxies together better than we expect and therefore making us think that we require dark matter is not an attractive force within the galaxies, but a repulsive force coming from the neutrinos congregated outside the galaxies as far as they can get away from regular matter. A push rather than a pull. Then perhaps we don’t need the dark matter anymore, because the real problem is that we have missed the boat on the actual way in which neutrinos gravitate.
Just a preliminary thought, not ready to hang any hats on it. But I did want to get some feedback and see what other people might think.
The broad way to pose the question is this: if neutrinos are actually gravitationally repelling rather than attracting with respect to all other particles, which I do hang my hat on based on what I found in 2013, how might that impact the dark matter problem?
Jay