Quark Stars and a New State of Matter?

Giant Celestial Object Spinning At Over Half The Speed Of Light Mar 5 2014)

Spiral galaxy with Streaks Of Blue (Mar 4 2014)

Strange quark matter at the core of stars would account for dark matter especially due to the recent find of hidden stars and brown dwarfs in our own backyard:

WISE finds 3,525 stars and brown dwarfs within 500 light-years of our sun

Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? Maybe is wonderfully relevant to the idea of exotic strange quark matter existing at the center of the sun and galactic center. The 35 million year solar cycle through the dark matter 'disc' is directly analogous to the idea of additional tidal forcing on the earth's 100ky ice age cycle through the plane of angular momentum of the solar system. This would give an additional mechanism for the demise of the dinosaurs as the consequences of extreme tidal forcing at the center of the sun.

The Milky Way and Andromeda are encircled by twelve large galaxies arranged in a ring

Why the ring shape? Is anisotropic gravity a possible answer?Attachment #1: Local_sheet_sideview_small.jpg

Alan,

Expansion reverses within the LG, so focussing is inevitable. Intrinsic rotation and large scale 'flow' are also directional (look at the so called 'axis of evil'). The condensed dark matter is very much the gravitational 'glue', but the condensate itself is what is 'flowing'.

This recent paper has a good local flow analysis; Beyond a certain radius the flow becomes 'outwards'. Dark energy in the nearby Universe: HST data, nonlinear theory, and computer simulations.

Unfortunately I don't have a free access link, but I think I have a pdf.

Peter

Peter,

Here's a clearly written summary of the situation:

"The Great Attractor" --Cosmic Flows of the Local Universe (Video|)

There isn't any evidence which suggests that the hypothesis of gravitationally anisotropic exotic matter existing at the center of stars and galaxies is incorrect. Dark matter hasn't been located and dark energy is a complete mystery to the mainstream. Do you agree?

This simple hypothesis solves the lenticular galaxy conundrum and gives a explanation for the transition from spiral galaxy to lenticular to elliptical. See last post 28th Feb.

Alan

Alan,

I agree. Although there's little evidence for it either, and plenty of evidence supporting a distribution of low EM profile matter like fermions and free protons in space, (it mainly needs to be outside large massive bodies, i.e. between the clusters) and equally no evidence against.

Yes, I like the video, excellent work. I posted it everywhere I could think of last year, and also one with Helene Cortois' commentary; Video of the Universe.

I haven't yet seen evidence it has to be 'exotic', but do post any. I agree 'dark energy' is as much as a mystery as 'matter'! (probably the same stuff but in vortices).

Best wishes

Peter

Peter,

I would say that there's more evidence for anisotropic dark matter at the center of planets, stars and galaxies:

(i) It solves the many problems of current ice age theory

(ii) It solves the 1,800yr cycle in climate data

(ii) It solves the devolution of spiral -> lenticular -> elliptical

What is the "evidence supporting a distribution of low EM profile matter like fermions and free protons in space, (it mainly needs to be outside large massive bodies, i.e. between the clusters)" relative to this hypothesis, because I haven't seen any.

Alan

Alan,

The 26.8% dark matter (22.7% pre Planck) must be most significant in the 'voids' between the bodies to recreate the gravitational effects found. That is the whole basis of the calculations and the simulations that work. But It seems mostly pretty thinly spread, but concentrated in the extended haloes of galaxies and clusters decreasing gently out hundreds of parsecs. There ain't many stars out there!

If you don't have access to the MNRAS or ApJ you can still find a lot of info on the arXiv. i.e. Simple fermionic dark matter models and Higgs boson couplings. or; The core-cusp problem in cold dark matter halos and supernova feedback: Effects of Mass Loss or such more simplistic ones as as; Density of Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters

then also piles of local hardcore stuff like; Telecommunications expert suggests Earth may have dark matter disc.

You seem to have the evolution of galaxies the wrong way round, discs ("elliptical") come after spiral and before lenticulars. Did you find that somewhere? I thought you'd read my paper on evolution. The sequence seems simple and exceptionally well evidenced (if not generally understood) without the 'solution' you suggest. What is it?

Best wishes

Peter

Peter,

There is an abundance of stars out in the darkness:

The second WISE study, which concentrated on objects beyond our solar system, found 3,525 stars and brown dwarfs within 500 light-years of our sun.

The simulation modellers haven't thought of anisotropic dark matter at the center of stars. If they did, then I'm saying they'd get much better results.

Here's the Wikipedia entry on Lenticular Galaxies

Formation theories

The morphology and kinematics of lenticular galaxies each, to a degree, suggest a mode of galaxy formation. Their disk-like, possibly dusty, appearance suggests they come from faded spiral galaxies, whose arm features disappeared. Alternatively, as lenticular galaxies are likely to be more luminous than spiral galaxies, which suggests that they are not merely the faded remnants of spiral galaxies. Rather, lenticular galaxies might result from galaxy merger, which increase the total stellar mass and give the newly merged galaxy its disk-like, arm-less appearance

Their appearance suggest they come from faded spiral galaxies who's arm features have disappeared. According to my theory, they are often more luminous than spirals because only the galactic center exotic matter has lost it's spin and so lost it's higher anisotropic gravity on the galactic plane. The stars still have high spin exotic cores and so shine brightly. This scenario therefore gives the devolution of spiral to lenticular to elliptical. It requires a little thought and imagination but gives an elegant solution to the galaxy formation conundrum.

Alan

Peter,

The Cuspy halo problem actually fits my hypothesis:

The cuspy halo problem arises from cosmological simulations that seem to indicate cold dark matter (CDM) would form cuspy distributions -- that is, increasing sharply to a high value at a central point -- in the most dense areas of the universe. This would imply that the center of our galaxy, for example, should exhibit a higher dark-matter density than other areas

Observations can't see it, but that doesn't mean it isn't there:

One approach to solving the cusp-core problem in galactic halos is to consider models that modify the nature of dark matter; theorists have considered warm, fuzzy, self-interacting, and meta-cold dark matter, among other possibilities

Self-interacting dark matter is what I have been proposing in the form of strange quark matter which has a strong SQM to SQM gravitational interaction on the plane of core rotation. It's this interaction which gives additional large tidal forcing on Earth's 100ky inclination cycle and the moon's 1,800yr lunar tidal cycle.

Alan

Peter,

Take a look at this:

Observational evidence for self-interacting cold dark matter

Cosmological models with cold dark matter composed of weakly interacting particles predict overly dense cores in the centers of galaxies and clusters and an overly large number of halos within the Local Group compared to actual observations. We propose that the conflict can be resolved if the cold dark matter particles are self-interacting with a large scattering cross-section but negligible annihilation or dissipation. In this scenario, astronomical observations may enable us to study dark matter properties that are inaccessible in the laboratory

Strange quark matter is an excellent candidate.

Alan

Peter,

Thinking about it more, my model only requires self-interacting dark matter at the center of moons, planets and stars. Therefore the 'cuspy halo problem' is resolved. My model for the spiral galaxy devolution would have to be revised though. Either that, or perhaps exotic dark matter doesn't interact with light, so it's effects wouldn't be observed by gravitational lensing.

Here's another piece of the puzzle which features my telltale feature of strong tidal interactions:

Dwarf galaxy problem

Other solutions may be that dwarf galaxies tend to be gobbled up or tidally stripped apart by larger galaxies due to complex interactions. This tidal stripping has been part of the problem in identifying dwarf galaxies in the first place, which is an extremely difficult task since these objects have low surface brightness and are highly diffused, so much that they are virtually unnoticeable even in our own backyard.

Alan

I've just read that "Dark matter's existence is inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter and gravitational lensing of background radiation" which makes me come back to the simplicity of self-interacting anisotropic dark matter at the center of moons, planets and stars.

If only simulation modellers would try this scenario it would resolve the cuspy halo problem.

Perhaps there is rapid annihilation at galactic cores.

Alan,

I agree your model is novel but take care about selective interpretation bias, one of the biggest problems in astrophysics. I must admit as an astronomer I also cringe a lot when people quote wikiscience at me! Having said that I'll never dismiss ANY proposition out of hand.

There may well be some exotic DM within bodies, but the DM spread in the extended haloes (NOT in visible bodies) can not only account for all the gravitational effects on it's own (that's not to say it actually 'does', but also requires to be where it is to have the effects it does, NOT significantly within massive visible bodies, or even the 'dust'. The G potential of the bodies is well calculated, it's the 'other' potentials (not focussed locally on the bodies) that are most 'poorly understood'.

I have a current paper on galaxy evolution, including constraining DM, which has just passed peer review (subject to some minor improvements) which should go up on arXiv later this month. It rigorously derives the findings you suggest other causes for. I'll send you a link, IF you too have an open mind!.

It also identifies the reasons the DM and ionized gas haloes counter rotate ("kinetic decoupling") from the stellar disc.

In the interim another of many related papers I cite, giving the evidence it's happening not the solution;

">Decoupled gas kinematics in isolated S0 galaxies](https://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph/recent

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Best wishes

Peter

Alan,

Filament Dark Matter spin orientation; reading the monthly notices, just came across this interesting consistent finding; The hierarchical nature of the spin alignment of dark matter haloes in filaments. Spin half is something that the (low EM profile) fermions we find (and of the Higgs) process posess.

Fascinating.

The 'field orientation' matter is consistent with my EPR resolution. I did direct you to it again hidden in the spheres, did you read it? See Richards post of 1st March with 17 responses.

Best wishes

Peter

Peter,

Yes, I am prone to interpretation bias due to my working hypothesis but I think the idea of the devolution of spirals to lenticular to ellipticals has merit, with annihilation occurring at galactic centers. I'd be interested to read your paper on galaxy evolution though and I promise to keep as open a mind as I can.

I greatly appreciate your consideration that "There may well be some exotic DM within bodies". I haven't been able to find anyone else who's made the suggestion. Maybe I'm the first, who knows?

A couple of links didn't work but I googled "Filament Dark Matter spin orientation". I suspect this is something like spirals being arranged like beads on a string, which I've read somewhere recently. I'm still thinking very conceptually at the moment and can find these kind of papers quite presumptuous about so called established facts. There's so much that will become clear in our lifetimes, I'm sure. What a relief when some real progress is finally made on the nature and locality of dark matter.

Alan