Florida Physicist Says Dark Matter, Extra Dimensions Related And Possibly Detectable

spacedaily.com ^ | 19 May 03 | staff

[RightWhale]

Neutrinos are hard to detect, that is, rarealy detected, but some of the extra dimensions may be significantly larger than an atom.

We know this, anyway: there are things we don't know, things we know we don't know, and things we don't know we don't know.

[epluribus_2]

"The only thing we know for sure is... Nobody knows"
-- Eeyore.

[aruanan]

Pink Matter Alert!

[r9etb]

"We named it Kaluza-Klein dark matter

They need to find another physicist whose last name started with 'K'. That way it could be called KKK dark matter, and from that renewed impetus for a) accusations that physics is racist; and b) calls for intergalactic reparations.

[r9etb]

things we don't know we don't know...

And, of course, things we don't know we know. If there is actually a discovery to be made, it will probably be obvious in retrospect....

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP-SCIENCE

[RockyMtnMan]

I know that to much iron in the diet produces dark matter :-)

[Rhetorical pi2]

"What is more, the positron signal is rather unique for Kaluza-Klein dark matter and may thus provide the first evidence of extra dimensions."

My wife and I were just talking at dinner the other night about whether Kaluza-Klein dark matter would provide evidence of extra dimensions...but we could never resolve the problem - so decided to go in the den and watch "The Bachelor". :o)

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[xsmommy]

you know, i had an intuitive feeling that this was the case and am gratified to know that my instincts have been borne out... ; )

[mikrofon]

Then there's "Calvin-Klein" dark matter, which can be a b**ch to get out sometimes...

[theDentist]

I think it's more appropriately called "Howzit Matter".

[Grut]

I have a 'dark' suspicion that the 'dark matter' is fudge.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Tha would be the Calvin-Klien grey matter which has yet to be detected and is suspected as the leading cause in pedophelia.

[L,TOWM]

Comments on this one gentlemen?

[colorado tanker]

"We're suggesting that the dark matter may be due to extra dimensions."

For a minute I thought they were exploring inside the minds of the Florida Supreme Court.

[RightWhale]

Comments on this one

It's interesting they are using nuclear particle algebraic multiplication table entires to deduce behavior of intergalactic systems.

[RightWhale]

extra dimensions

Not alternate dimensions.

[jimt]

If correct, the scientists' theory may lead to the discovery of the first concrete evidence of dark matter, an invisible substance that may comprise as much as 30 percent of the universe. Dark matter has never yet been directly or indirectly observed.

I thought the percentage was much higher, like 70% to 90%.

Is this 30% figure the current estimate?

[colorado tanker]

LOL! I wonder what color the sky is in the dimension where the Florida Supreme Court lives?