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 .