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Originally Posted by CraigS
Alex;
It would seem that your particles would be 'dark' .. I mean, we can't see them, can we ?
In another post, it seems that you mentioned that they would fit the Cold Dark Matter category quite nicely. (?)
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Craig you make a fast assumption in assuming particles are dark on the basis that we can not see them.
Dark implies an absence of colour on the one hand but it may simply be the intensity of a particular colour... they may be a light green for example as opposed to a dark green. Yellow would be good and it is mostly light...
I find it strange that when ever physics is met with a problem the word dark seems to be used as a suitable qualification..we have dark matter, dark energy, I read about "dark" accelerators and there is more I cant recall... dark means "we have no idea really and are happy to indulge in mystery etc.."and I suppose such an approach has given us the term black hole..and as a friend of mine once said... why cant black holes be white as we cant see them so who knows what the colour is...black is an absence of all colour but dark seems to attach to things that are mysterious and has no reference to colour intensity ...mmm ... we need a grant I think.
One thing is for sure if we consider the E=MC^2 thing and theoretically convert all the energy running around in a void or other parts of space seemingly devoid of matter and attach a "mass" to the energy we find well yes we would appear to have a great deal of matter but I doubt if it is "dark" as being energetic one could think such matter may be more gaily adorned.
I admit that there must be more matter out there than we (I) figure... Craig I do believe you may have it all worked out and so I can hand over running the Universe to you..if that is ok that is.
alex
