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Comprehending and decoding the cosmos : discovering solutions to over a dozen cosmic mysteries by utilizing dark matter relationism, cosmology, and astrophysics
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- Creator
- Jerome Drexler
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boca Raton, Florida : Universal Publishers, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 295 pages : chart ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 1581129297, 9781581129298
- OCLC
- ocm71271331
- Includes index.
- Part I -- The search for the identity of dark matter (DM) -- Additional approaches to DM research -- DM research guided by the three related hypotheses -- Sigchar A -- DM proton energies -- Sigchar B -- the Milky Way's magnetic fields -- Sigchar C -- Larmor radius equation -- Sigchar D -- the Milky Way's DM halos and proton energies -- Sigchar E -- paths of protons -- Sigchar F -- proton streams creating magnetic fields -- Sigchar G -- proton flux and kinetic energy in halos -- Sigchar H -- proton relativistic mass losses from synchrotron radiation -- Sigchar I -- magnetic bulges leading to increased synchrotron radiation from protons -- Sigchar J -- why DM halo patrons enter their enclosed galaxy and lose relativistic mass -- Sigchar K -- protons/helium nuclei collisions with hydrogen clouds -- Sigchar L -- linearly rising rotation curves indicating that low-surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxy DM halos are "weakly centrally concentrated" (that is, "hollow") -- Sigchar M -- explanation for the two "knees" and "ankle" of the cosmic ray energy distribution -- Sigchar N -- proton synchrotron radiation losses and proton collision losses possibly could lead to an accelerating expansion of the universe -- Sigchar O -- radiating DM halo protons become cosmic ray protons -- Sigchar P -- long, large DM filaments creating galaxy clusters -- Sigchar R -- conservation of angular momentum -- Sigchar S -- no DM cusps in the nuclei of spiral galaxies -- Sigchar T -- explanations for LSB dwarf galaxies' low star formation rates (SFRs) and for massive galaxies' very high SFRs -- Sigchar U -- the relativistic energy of all the protons in the universe may provide the energy for an accelerating expansion of the universe -- Sigchar V -- linking relativistic DM and dark energy -- Sigchar W -- how the first-generation stars may have been ignited without dust or molecular hydrogen -- Sigchar X -- how the later generations of new stars may have been ignited utilizing both dust and molecular hydrogen -- Recap of signature characteristics A-X of galaxy-orbiting relativistic protons -- Tentative conclusions, insights, explanations, and possible astrophysical discoveries -- Part II -- Cosmic DM mystery #1 -- spiral disk galaxies have spherical dark matter halos. Relativistic proton DM particles could form spherical DM halos around spiral galaxies and DM halos around galaxy clusters -- Cosmic DM mystery #2 -- accelerating expansion via conserving DM momentum. Relativistic proton DM particles could cause accelerating expansion of the universe and possibly store dark energy -- Cosmic DM mystery #3 -- hydrogen derived from DM cosmic ray protons. Relativistic proton DM particles could be transformed into low-velocity hydrogen, protons, or proton cosmic rays -- Cosmic DM mystery #4 -- magnetic fields derived from DM cosmic ray protons. Relativistic proton DM particles could create the magnetic fields within and around spiral galaxies -- Cosmic DM mystery #5 -- intersecting DM filaments create galaxy culsters. Relativistic proton DM particles could be concentrated in the long, large filaments of DM, which form galaxy clusters where the DM filaments intersect -- Cosmic DM mystery #6 -- mature galaxies discovered in the very early universe. Relativistic proton DM particles could create large, mature, spiral galaxies less than 2.5 billion years after the big bang -- Cosmic DM mystery #7 -- dark matter spherical cored halos have "hollow" cores. Relativistic proton DM could create spherical DM halos having predictable outer and "hollow" core diameters -- Cosmic DM mystery #8 -- source of spiral galaxies'/halos' angular momentum. Relativistic proton DM particles could provide angular momentum to spiral galaxies and their DM halos -- Cosmic DM mystery #9 -- no central dark matter cusp found in spiral galaxies. Relativistic proton DM particles could create galaxies without a central DM density cusp -- Cosmic DM mystery #10 -- LSB dwarf galaxies have low star formation rates. Relativistic proton DM particles could create a starless galaxy or an LSB dwarf galaxy with low SFRs -- Cosmic DM mystery #11 -- LSB galaxies have inclining star rotation curves. Relativistic proton DM particles could lead to linearly rising rotation curves for LSB dwarf galaxies and to flat rotation curves for spiral galaxies -- Cosmic DM mystery #12 -- galaxy hydrogen is replenished from halo dark matter, relativistic proton DM particles could form about 80% to 85% of the mass of the universe, the remainder being hydrogen, helium, etc. -- Cosmic DM mystery #13 -- dark matter, hydrogen, helium and muons create stars. Relativistic proton DM particles could ignite hydrogen fusion reactions of first-generation stars using only hydrogen and helium atoms, and of second-generation stars using hydrogen molecules, helium, and dust as well -- Cosmic DM mystery #14 -- earthbound cosmic ray protons depart from 4 locations. Relativistiv proton DM particles could create the first "knee" at 3x10¹⁵ eV, the second "knee" between 10¹⁷ eV and 10¹⁸ eV, and the ankle at 3x10¹⁸ eV of the cosmic ray energy distribution near the earth -- Some tentative conclusions after the study of the first 14 of the 25 cosmic DM mysteries -- dark matter, relativistic protons appear to be a much stronger DM candidate than the cold dark matter (CDM) uncharged WIMPs and neutralinos, for a number of reasons -- Part III -- Cosmic DM mystery #15 -- astrophysical emergence of dark matter halos, after eons. Astrophysical emergence of DM halos and long, large, DM filaments could place constraints on the identity of DM particles -- Cosmic DM mystery #16 -- UHECRs arrive at earth from galaxy superclusters. Ultra-high energy cosmic ray protons arriving at earth probably departed from a galaxy supercluster or a massive galaxy cluster -- Cosmic DM mystery #17 -- starburst galaxies form via merging galaxy clusters. The merging of spiral galaxy clusters create starburst galaxies that exhibit star formation rates (SFRs) as much as 50 times than the SFR of spiral galaxies -- Cosmic DM mystery #18 -- UHECR protons via starburst galaxies/ merging galaxies. Spiral galaxy clusters, merging to form starburst galaxies, were recently identified as a source of ultra-high energy cosmic ray protons -- Cosmic DM mystery #19 -- blue stars in spiral arms vs. red stars in galaxy nucleus. The spiral arms of spiral galaxies contain many hot blue and blue-white stars less than one million years old, and in the galaxy nucleus there are red stars about five billion years old -- Cosmic DM mystery #20 -- magnetic field, DM proton energies set galaxy halo size. The only DM particle candidate that "predicts" the size of the Milky Way's DM halo is the relativistic cosmic ray proton moving in the extragalactic (intergalactic) magnetic field having a strength of about 1x10[superscript -]⁹ Gauss -- Cosmic DM mystery #21 -- different dark matter for small galaxies and for clusters. Two different types of DM halo particles reported for smaller galaxies and for galaxy clusters -- Cosmic DM mystery #22 -- 800 galaxies detected, less than 1.2 bilion years old. Report of over 1,000 clumps of DM, with most harboring several newborn galaxies, 12 billion light-years away -- Cosmic DM mystery #23 -- fine balance between between dark and baryonic matter in spirals. "A fine balance between dark matter and baryonic matter is observed in spiral galaxies. As the contribution of the baryons to the total rotation velocity increases, the contribution of the dark matter decreases by a compensating amount." -- Cosmic DM mystery #24 -- Schmidt law : SFR Vs. surface hydrogen molecular density. One of the mysteries of observed isolated spiral galaxies has been the empirical Schmidt law correlation between star formation rate and the average molecular hydrogen surface density on kiloparsec scales -- Cosmic DM mystery #25 -- Mass-and-time dependent SFR graphs for field galaxies. The two-part mystery of recently observed star-forming galaxies is that large massive galaxies form stars rapidly, whereas small galaxies form stars slowly over longer time scales and their SFRs decline slowly over longer time scales -- Some conclusions and considerations -- Epilogue -- the local group's dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies help define DM
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- Dark matter (Astronomy)
- Cosmology.
- Astrophysics.
- cosmology.
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