According to a recent study, dark matter may be explained by a particle connected to a fifth dimension. (The earlier piece has been revised.)
One of the most well-known models of physics, “warped extra dimension” (WED), was originally presented in 1999. The European Physical Journal C published this discovery, which is the first to apply the theory to the long-standing particle physics mystery of dark matter.
Our understanding of the universe’s functioning is based on the concept of dark matter, which accounts for the majority of matter in the cosmos. Similar to a pinch-hitter, dark matter helps scientists understand how gravity functions. In the absence of the dark matter “x factor,” a lot of things would disintegrate. Dark matter must nevertheless possess additional unique characteristics because it does not alter the particles that we can see and “feel.”
According to scientists from Germany and Spain, “[t]here are still some questions which do not have an answer within the [standard model of physics].” THE “HIERARCHY PROBLEM,” OR WHY THE HIGGS BOSON IS MUCH LIGHTER THAN THE CHARACTERISTIC SCALE OF GRAVITY, IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES. Some other observed phenomena are not compatible with [the standard model of physics]. The existence of dark matter is one of the most striking examples.”
In the new study, a welded model is being used to try and determine why dark matter exists. Researchers examined fermion masses, which they believe might be transported through portals into the fifth dimension to create “fermionic dark matter” and dark matter remnants. ARE DIMENSION-TRAVELING FERMIONS ABLE TO EXPLAIN, AT LEAST, PART OF WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE SO FAR BEEN ABOVE? The scientists state, “ALREADY THIS FACT ASKS FOR THE PRESENCE OF NEW PHYSICS, AS WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO VIABLE [DARK MATTER] CANDIDATE IN THE [STANDARD MODEL OF PHYSICS].”
Fundamentally, bulk masses of fermions are created by a crucial mathematical result and appear in fifth-dimension “warped space.” One explanation for the enormous amount of dark matter that hasn’t yet been discovered using any measurements from the conventional model of physics is this small “dark sector.” Fermions may be “acting as” dark matter when they become trapped in a doorway to a distorted fifth dimension. To demonstrate it, how would we be able to observe this kind of dark matter? Currently, this is the main issue with a lot of dark matter hypotheses. All that would be required, however, to locate fermionic dark matter in the fifth dimension is the appropriate type of gravitational wave detector—which are more widely available worldwide.
