You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Shedding light on dark matter with clocks
It's so weird how the true nature of dark matter has remained unknown till now, even with the presence of state-of-the art observatories.
I'm thinking; if dark matter is discovered, would the name still be dark matter, or would it change to white matter? :D
There are so many options for dark matter that is is really likely that we didn't find it yet. For now, a lot of options are excluded, but many still remains un-probed. The paper I discuss actually propose a method to cover more of this "dark matter model space" if we can call it that way.
No, it will stay dark. The dark qualifier comes from the fact that dark matter does not interact electromagnetically (that is a fact, it just can't do it). Since electromagnetism is mediated by photons (or light), here comes the name.
Is it clearer?
Of course it is clearer now. Thanks a lot for taking time to explain
My pleasure my friend!