A Small Idea... Concerning Dark Matter and the Expanding Universe
AND THE MUST WATCH FOR THIS!
http://videosift.com/video/A-Universe-From-Nothing-by-Lawrence-Krauss-AAI-2009
Dark Energy...
The point of this little note is for me to retain some of my ideas. Some of which may already be at odds with proven theories or lab experiments (that I'm unaware of). This is most likely not true as very little is known about Dark Energy anyway. It is also not a proven or data driven theory (other than the measured acceleration, but there is no attribution directly linking it to ANYTHING), it's more in a state of semi-hypothesis and semi-theory (it does fit with our perceived notions and calculations of the known Universe).
One thing to make clear here is that this is very much a hypothesis with data points that "match up"--that being the educated guess part.
What I'm pondering about here is what role Dark Energy will play at end result of our Universe (if there is one; I'm thinking it'll be more of a "new chapter" rather than an end cover for a book that's finished...). The idea I have is one that might cause the Universe to "reset" itself using quantum mechanics and a unified force/field (Unified Field Theory). This would also take quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics (QED & QCD, respectively) into consideration. I've done no number crunching on this so it may be possible to get a quick answer (and by quick answer I mean dis-proven; however, there is A LOT of information that is needed in many of these fields before we could even attempt to positively prove it or dismiss it; the LHC is a good start) if someone knew the proper calculation or algorithm to use for this type of situation. This also relies on one other quantum mechanical system called "quantum foam". Other ancillary subjects are things such as E8 Symmetry, and Euler's number.
An interesting experiment showed that an electromagnetic (specifically, this was more "magnetic" in practice) resonance--the resonance frequency was near or at Euler's number or the natural number, "e", created an event called a "quantum critical state". It showed that not only was E8 Symmetry correct in many aspects it also showed that "e" played a role in particle physics and quantum mechanics.
With that said I'm wagering "a guess" as to a possible ending for our Universe and perhaps even the start of it originally. I know some aspects of this have been talked about in the Physics community and that there is atleast one physicist that talked about this very subject, with very close similarities, in a talk. Hopefully, I can find the video of the speech--I believe Richard Dawkins was one of the speech givers or atleast the presenter.
The quantum foam (Wikipedia also names it, "spacetime" foam) could be said to be a writhing, penetrating, integral piece of spacetime with a strange world of constantly obliterating sub-atomic particles that appear due to the uncertainty principle, and in fact could be called the "fabric" of our Universe. It writhes and continuously expels and breathes, what Heisenberg's uncertainty principle talks about--virtual particles that appear, because of the statistical chance that it can happen (and it does, A LOT--space is FILLED with it)--in spacetime at or near the Planck length (this is incredibly small). The constant random appearance of "virtual" paired particles that are each others antithesis, expelling each other nearly instantly in a sudden cancellation of each other creating a leftover points of energy (sometimes called zero-point energy, or vacuum energy) precisely matching each others inverted attributes (mass, spin, and so forth...). The distance that this occurs at, everywhere all the time, is around the Planck length; a manifestation or attribute of quantum foam. Here is something I will take straight from Wikipedia's entry on quantum foam as it is very important to what I'm ascribing to and talking about later: "As the scale of time and space being discussed shrinks, the energy of the virtual particles increases. Since energy curves spacetime according to Einstein's theory of general relativity, this suggests that at sufficiently small scales the energy of the fluctuations would be large enough to cause significant departures from the smooth spacetime seen at larger scales, giving spacetime a "foamy" character.". The important bit is in bold.
What would happen to the Universe if it ends up in a "Big Rip" condition? What if it renders the speed of light or it's constant "c" meaningless (by "ripping" faster than the speed of light--it can do this as it doesn't break any relativistic laws)? Then add in the fact that it may begin to "rip" everything apart eventually into the smallest of particles and energy that make us...
To me the bolded sentence above might apply to the "shrinking of spacetime" due to the rip. The Planck length and the uncertainty principle might begin to behave in a much different matter when the "rip" gets to these extremely small distances. What I wonder is if these same conditions existed before the Big Bang.
If space becomes ripped apart so far that it "mimics" or actually IS the quantum foam, what happens in this scenario (Remember the "foam" is already there, so in essence my question may actually just answer itself, intrinsically.)? What I wonder is if at this point all matter may be able to annihilate itself due to all the energy being removed from a system of what we know now, and then setup into a quantum foam system. Perhaps with a quantum critical moment where the Universe becomes "untangled" from any of it's matter the whole Universe would be seen as ONE object and completely subjected to the uncertainty principle.
As the rip continues, possibly increasing our "virtual particle" density due to the "rip" creating more as it rips old matter apart and leaves them in this "virtual" state; alternatively, the matter that is ripped apart may remain entangled on a Universal scale, creating a "virtual Universe particle". This "virtual Universe particle" would eventually be an entangled particle that exists in many places at the same time due to Dark Energy seperating every bit of matter from each other. With time, the virtual particles may become part of the quantum foam and leaving a possibility that it could find or become part of a new quantum foam reaction.
But, the difference between this reaction and what we usually witness is that the energy and attributes of the "virtual Universe particle" are no where near the same condition of the other virtual particles that constantly appear and annihilate; this one would have an energy level that could possibly create a Big Bang type event or even a Great Unzipping event. One idea could be that as Dark Energy aprroaches the speed of light or the natural constant "e" (how this would manifest is beyond my mathematical skills and it may need testing to find out exactly "what" would "resonate" at e; it could be the change in certain constants, the rate of change, "new" virtual particles that bind at that frequency, through many different processes physics wise...).
If a virtual particle comes into existence and interacts with the "virtual Universe particle" then they would annihilate. But, the energy is so far offset (the Universe particle as an energy density equal to what we have now; while the other would be ridiculously small in comparison) that it CREATES a new Big Bang. All that is needed for this to happen is time. Statistics, like the weatherman, could say about our new potential of a Universe, "Their is a chance for rain in the morning and a Big Bang tonight". This is completely due to the difference between virtual particle energies and the Dark Energy spreading us so thin that the Universe is returned to it's natural environment--the quantum foam.
Anyway, if you have thoughts or ideas please comment and add on. If some areas are impossible or would 'possibly' be able to be changed to match current theory that I'm not listing here, please do so. If some areas are bunk, point it out, but if you "think" you may see around it, please share. Besides that feel free to leave behind any other comments and concerns.
Kimball/kceaton1 (Paper originally on Facebook)
Topics worth noting and some looking up on Wikipedia or elsewhere:
Quantum Electrodynamics & Chromodynamics, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Time, Entropy, Universe (specifically it's death, usually called heat death: baryons and photons are left--all visible matter is baryonic matter), "The Big Rip" (Dark Energy), Quantum or Spacetime Foam, Planck's Constant & Planck Length, Uncertainty Principle, Superposition and Duality, Symmetry (Specifically E8), Euler's Number, Quantum Entanglement, Vacuum Energy or Zero-Point Energy
I suggest www.physorg.com (new window) and wikipedia.com (new window); I may come back to this later and add references and sightings as there are actually a lot for what I've written (in other words I didn't write it on a whimsical whim 
).
Below is a very neat picture of E8 Symmetry, if you read about it and understand it's implications it'll mean a lot more. There is also (as I talked about the magnetic resonance experiment that found a correlation between Euler's number and the "Quantum Critical State" of the electrons in the atom used. It was a tie in with E8 symmetry as E8 had partially expressed that this may occur, where as no other theory on hand had this possibility demonstrated mathematically.
My "paper" was/is originally on Facebook under my name Kimball Eaton or my pseudonym yogurtforthesoul. Make sure you watch the videosift link above as well.
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kceaton1(A small addition that has a lot to do with the last part of the original Blog Post.)
The one I posted directly above has some small changes for easier reading. I still need to do a little idea storming at the end as I'm VERY unsure whether the forces at play would still hold the Universe together.
It's more likely that the "big rip" will win out, even over the weak and strong nuclear forces (which is a lot of energy considering that it just did it to the UNIVERSE! heh...
I also need to see, particularly under what conditions the Universe might start to be "swayed" by quantum fluctuations, the same you see at the beginning of the big bang, that had a lot to do with how matter and other non-baryonic (that 's the official way of saying, matter that isn't like the stuff we know: like Dark Matter) matter set up (when you look at the cosmic background radiation (CBR) map, the "hot vs. cold") topography wise; it's why the Universe isn't a smooth uniform (or symmetric) balanced energy place; which you would expect from a perfect explosion like the Big Bang, but the CBR shows that the explosion was far from being smooth and quite the opposite.
It's what gives us our galaxies and also where they're at. The question besides how gravity is related to the quantum mechanics realm; as we have NO theory (with a few hypotheses that almost all have to do with string theory: strings of energy in different "dimensional" configurations; like one dimension, two dimension (planer), etc..."; these little strings vibrate, kind of like a standing wave and intercede and connect into our dimension: think of a plane with limited dimensions on the x & y, then imagine a line intersecting in two spots--one coming "up" the other going "down", but the second connection BARELY hits the plane.
On our end we see a photon that appears to act like a particle and wave in whichever situation it's facing.Normally it may only act like a wave the first spot, but since the energy of this photon is a gamma ray (increased energy) it caused the string to vibrate more forcefully. Thus, connecting it to our "planer" observable space-time. But, when the energy decreases, the photon's string is pulled back and all of a sudden it only displays one of the two characteristics. Baryonic matter works the same way in String Theory, but requires VERY hard math to solve the discrepancies (one of the reasons some people hate it as it isn't a so called "elegant solution"; everything we've seen so far, while hard to grasp initially--tends to, "so far", work out to be very easy solutions).
However, string theory has described many things we have found out in the particle world very well. Another idea (which is more elegant and to me, the presence of "e" in it is very, intriguing) is E8 Symmetry. It's also a mathematical solution, so don't expect too much straight forward dialogue in it's definition. However, remember that Euler's number/The "Natural" number, "e", is related to a great many things already present in everyday life and the formation of almost everything from: you neural pathways, your circulatory system, clouds, trees/plants, sea shells, galaxies, fractals, and much much more...
What I need to know his how baryonic matter would react given a scenario were everything is ripped apart. Specifically, it's quantum mechanical reactions. Does it go into a "quantum critical state" (a fancy way of saying "pseudo"-superposition), as in this state it would still behave in a quantum mechanical way according to superposition. This leads to the last question. If it does enter superposition, is it possible that it may become "uncoupled, disassociated, or dis-entangled" from other matter, even non-baryonic matter like dark matter.
Anyway, just a bit more for what I wrote. More of me, thinking aloud, as I've read a lot about entanglement and superposition, but in this scenario I'd mot likely need an expert to think about it and give me an answer. Math will most likely be useless till we have some hard information on it; right now it's just pure observation. Then you may be able to commit yourself to some math that would show (or at least predict) what most likely would occur.
Another long ponderment! I'm keeping that word so screw you Merriam-Webster!
kceaton1Secondly, if "dark matter" ends up being anti-matter that could change many outcomes on here. Including any modifications or forces that "dark energy" is "causing".
kceaton1There have been a few possible theories, a more like a strong hypothesis, that has alternate ideas for the presence of Dark Matter. One of which is simply more a misunderstanding by us of the nature of what is happening at a fundamental level concerning the internal structure and spin of galaxies; their part and full presentation into the full dynamics--the true inner workings--isn't fully realized yet, but they assert a new reason for the discrepancy in how the galaxy spins at different radii in that galaxy and in fact kill off the need for Dark matter. Secondly, it's our mathematics involved that have created this absolute need for Dark Matter to even exist, which is explained in the last part about this subject below. Lastly, a few findings like the outer arms, the large gas/ice/dust/etc... volumes (nebulae and plasma lit regions) and the stars (and their systems)--their movement rate on the outside edge of their respective galaxies, which if like "normal physics" (I quote that because if we made a mistake, the fault will always be ours and not the Universes
) would seem to show that the inside should rotate faster than the outside edges, which is not what happens at all--they rotate at the SAME speed. The actual math involved to solve this little mystery shows that there HAS TO be a large chunk of the Universe missing to get the mathematics to finally spit out numbers that work out. They have provided their own set of new cosmological equations that describe the motion within a galaxy; as of this writing they have tried the new math equations on four different galaxies that are known well. The reason this one has most likely been called a theory as of late is due to their new equations completely and correctly describing the motion of those galaxies, from origin, even until their virtual deaths--that makes this small theory the strongest front-runner for getting rid of Dark Matter altogether. This was a large paragraph, I made it small to make it a tad more readable.
But, Dark Matter is a very well-held theory for the scientific community though and it still has quite a bit of evidence for it's case as well. It has much more proof than this smaller theory does, but it's good to keep an open mind and let your mind run free with new ideas every so often as it may give you a new idea as well. Due to an idea I heard from a physicist: Lawrence Krauss, I was thinking about the Universe and some implications concerning Quantum Mechanics with possible larger scale events that are occurring with cosmologists looking for ways to explain things, but they are basically on the run--the fresh ideas are gone. Because, of the little creative idea above that explains away Dark Matter it triggered a provocative idea, one that I'm not qualified to answer or really even guess at (beyond it's initial qualities)--so I will send the idea off and see if they can maybe visualize what I'm implying just a little more clearly. I'm not entirely sure there will be a correct way to view this idea due to it's near "virtual"-like impact on our Universe, one that may be unprovable except for three possible ways I can think of. Two of which are beyond are capability right now, but we will have the ability later and the last using Quantum Foam experiments to look for certain types of superposition maybe even using entanglement (it would need to be a semi-radical setup that is "one-sided" in nature and using information concerning Dark Energy, as I'll finish here at the end of the sentence) that may relate to information that might be probable to gain through later scientific gathering, like the expansion rate or if it's nature is confined merely to space-time or if it actually occurs eventually all the way down to the subatomic.
I had the idea that perhaps Dark Energy could actually be the tell-tale signs of an existing second Big Bang merely hidden under our collective noses due too space-time and it's nature (maybe it's fairly "structurally sound" when it comes to a bubble fight) or it's an active component of the Quantum Mechanical universe, perhaps directly attributed to the Quantum Foam. I'm wondering--and of course I've got no real idea what a Universe "pressing" upon us might do, if this could even happen--if Dark Energy is the pressure wave of perhaps a secondary Universe, probably very much like ours,but the logical, mathematical,constants, and theories have either become slightly different to a lot or the Universe is unlike anything in our book; but I'm assuming it came from the same Quantum Foam that got us here which means it may have more in common with us that we know.
I'm going to try and get some more feedback on this and see if it proves to go elsewhere and opens new doors.
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