AMS( and PAMELA) is bigger than expected from dark matter annihilation. Our dark matter would be denser since it collapsed into a disk, and could therefore give rise to a stronger signal.
If we can always find a dark opposed part, a dark matter, a dark energy, a dark photon, a dark quark … Can we think of a universe crowded by dark beings? Even a dark“ me” or a“ dark you”?
M. M.
L. R.
That is the interesting question. I think dark matter if it has interactions can in principle form other structures— maybe even dark atoms and dark life. They would be different from ours— the forces are after all different— but could in principle have interesting structure and consequences too. Our role as scientists is to explore these possibilities and hopefully find ways to test them. We don’ t yet know what is true but it is certainly interesting to find out.
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS
AMS( and PAMELA) is bigger than expected from dark matter annihilation. Our dark matter would be denser since it collapsed into a disk, and could therefore give rise to a stronger signal.
If we can always find a dark opposed part, a dark matter, a dark energy, a dark photon, a dark quark … Can we think of a universe crowded by dark beings? Even a dark“ me” or a“ dark you”?
M. M.
L. R.
That is the interesting question. I think dark matter if it has interactions can in principle form other structures— maybe even dark atoms and dark life. They would be different from ours— the forces are after all different— but could in principle have interesting structure and consequences too. Our role as scientists is to explore these possibilities and hopefully find ways to test them. We don’ t yet know what is true but it is certainly interesting to find out.