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Does Dark Matter Originate From Higgs Boson? New Theory To Be Tested At CERN's LHC
ibtimes.com ^ | Avaneesh Pandey 

Posted on 03/07/2015 10:57:00 AM PST by BenLurkin

Dark matter has long remained one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the universe. While its presence can be inferred from the gravitational pull it exerts on visible matter, the fact that it does not emit or absorb any radiation makes it next to impossible to detect.

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The new model put forward by a team headed by Christoffer Petersson, a theoretical particle physicist from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, suggests that the Higgs boson, discovered by the LHC in 2012, might be responsible for the birth of dark matter particles. According to this model, if supersymmetry is real, the Higgs particle can disintegrate into a photon -- a light carrying particle -- and a dark matter particle.

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The theory has found support among scientists at CERN, who, in the words of Tara Shears, a particle physics professor from the University of Liverpool, are looking to “break” the Standard Model.

“Instead of trying to test the truth of this theory, what we really want to do now is break it -- to show where it stops reflecting reality. That's the only way we're going to make progress,” Shears told BBC. “We're looking at something deeper and more exotic.”

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: darkenergy; darkforce; darkmatter; higgsboson; speedofdark; stringtheory
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1 posted on 03/07/2015 10:57:01 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

Boson Ping!


2 posted on 03/07/2015 10:58:35 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

Here!

3 posted on 03/07/2015 11:02:43 AM PST by Fido969
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To: Fido969

You Rang?








ML/LTOS

4 posted on 03/07/2015 11:05:42 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: BenLurkin

It often seems that most dark matter arises from congress and the White House.


5 posted on 03/07/2015 11:07:18 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: BenLurkin

I usually see dark matter after Taco Tuesday.


6 posted on 03/07/2015 11:16:48 AM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Jack Hammer
It often seems that most dark stupid matter arises from congress and the White House.

There...fixed.

7 posted on 03/07/2015 11:22:18 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: BenLurkin

i hope they don’t cause spatial discontinuity or even a time paradox at the least a paradox event these guys have no idea what they are screwing with they could create a quantum entanglement way beyond a basic level chaos structure that is not totally understood by many if actually any at all !


8 posted on 03/07/2015 11:26:05 AM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (I'm not afraid to say what i mean nor should you be afraid of what you know to be true !)
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To: BenLurkin

“it does not emit or absorb any radiation “
so then, is it matter?
Must be totally inert and at zero degrees absolute for that to happen. Doesn’t look like it’s matter. Better find another explanation.


9 posted on 03/07/2015 11:41:22 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: left that other site

Did someone say “boson”?


10 posted on 03/07/2015 11:42:38 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: I want the USA back
so then, is it matter?

it doesn't matter.

11 posted on 03/07/2015 11:43:25 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

BOSON? You mean those Higgs Thingies?

Never mind.


12 posted on 03/07/2015 11:54:33 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: BenLurkin

Dark Matter Matters!!!


13 posted on 03/07/2015 11:58:22 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: BenLurkin

Just look for the photino birds ...


14 posted on 03/07/2015 12:19:50 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: BenLurkin
the Higgs particle can disintegrate into a photon -- a light carrying particle -- and a dark matter particle

Boson's Mates

15 posted on 03/07/2015 12:45:00 PM PST by mikrofon (Weekend BUMP)
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To: I want the USA back

Reconciling quantum mechanics and relativity requires dark energy and dark matter to exist. We are (reasonably) sure at this point that both those theories are correct.

So there are two main possibilieis, to my mind.

Assuming the universe really exists in a multi-dimensional reality, only three (or four) of which we can perceive, possibly the extra mass and energy exists in some of those other dimensions.

Or quantum and relativity theory are fundamentally flawed and we need to go back to the drawing board and start over.


16 posted on 03/07/2015 12:50:59 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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Does Dark Matter Originate From Higgs Boson?

That theory is racist.

Is Higgs Boson black?
17 posted on 03/07/2015 12:51:54 PM PST by adorno (a)
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To: BenLurkin

18 posted on 03/07/2015 1:24:47 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: Hugin

Now I see.


19 posted on 03/07/2015 2:45:27 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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Thanks left that other site.


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20 posted on 03/07/2015 4:54:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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