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OK. You want specific... In my theory, dark matter is being constantly converted into dark energy as our membrane vibrations relax, pushing our universe apart faster. As I mentioned in my previous post, dark matter was found to have an even density equivalent to four hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter. If I am right, the further back we look in time, the higher the density that dark mater should have as it is effectively "evaporating" (being converted from potential to kinetic energy). Therefore, the further back in time we look, the higher the density equivalent dark matter should have. So, if we look back further in time (closer to the "big splash") and find that dark matter's density equivalent > 4 hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter, it proves my argument, as the standard model could not explain these measurements. Specific enouh for you? :hihi:

What I was talking about was very clear. Many skeptics didn't believe that there was such a thing as non-baryonic DM. They thought DM might just be black holes, etc. Recent studies proved them wrong. See Satellite's X-ray Vision Clinches the Case for Dark Matter. The waves I said were detected were revealed in the Shining Light on Dark Matter Science article. "The finding runs counter to current dark matter theories, in part because the temperature measured was warmer than popular theories predict. The most popular theory suggests that dark matter consists of massive exotic particles that do not interact with normal matter except through gravity. It also holds that the particles are slow and cool. While this model fits most galaxies, it also predicts many more small galaxies than are known." "Gilmore said the team had found the same volume of dark matter in each galaxy. The dark matter was about 1000 light-years across and had an even density equivalent to four hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter. The new results suggest that dark matter at the center of small galaxies is more spread out and warmer than was thought. The particles appear to have a velocity of 9 kilometers per second, and Gilmore believes that they interact with one another via some unknown force to spread out evenly. The nature of dark matter particles themselves remains one of the biggest mysteries of physics." I predicted in my book that membrane waves left over from the "big splash" would be a thousand light-years across, and fast-moving as they behave like membrane vibrations left over from the "big splash." Supersonic speeds qualify as fast-moving :hihi: This contradicts all current "standard model" explinations for dark matter, and supports my arguments. Odd that all dark matter has the same density equivalent of four hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter... Just like all membrane vibrations left over from the original brane collision would have the same amount of energy left in them at any given time as they relax! My prediction, yet again, is that dark energy's acceleration curve will follow an arc. (Know what an arc looks like? Do I need to draw one for you?) The acceleration begins slowly as the brane vibrations are most violent, accelerates the most in the middle as those vibrations relax, pushing spacetime back apart more rapidly, then slows down at the end as our brane stretches back out toward its original size before the collision, and the brane vibrations are completely dispursed. This acceleration curve is shallower than the standard model's predictions, which keep going up and up, and my arc matches what has been observed so far in the study covered by NPR in my previous post. Frankly, Einstein would have loved the idea, because it explains what spacetime is, and why it curves. He wouldn't have had to waste the second half of his life trying to create a "theory of everything" without quantum mechanics, which is impossible. All measurements of dark energy (the acceleration of our universe) can prove or disprove my claims, as can measurements of dark matter. Why not look up the study I mentioned, and follow it instead of repeating the same clueless question over and over again! :hyper:

Re: Harry C, I'm with Buffy Really, find a flaw or say something useful... Blind obedience to the ever-changing and oft surprized "standard model" never got anyone anywhere in figuring out the universe! Thanks for the web compliment! I'm partial to the design myself :-) I've been creating sites for a while now. You may also like Michael Brolly's woodturning site I made, too as well as the Wood Turning Center. BTW, as I type one-fingered (and one-handed) some responses (esp. long ones) may take a while... As I said in previous posts, the strength of my argument is that it gives string theory testable predictions! My model predicted both dark matter and energy as we have found them. (There were others claiming dark matter didn't even exist in non-baryonic form.) I came up with these theories four years ago, and have been putting them and others down on paper in my book ever since. During that time, dark matter was verified to exist in the manner I had predicted, and it behaves like vibrating waves of our membrane. I predicted in my book that dark matter waves would be a thousand light years accross on average, and fast moving - and that's how they have been detected! But for something even more substantial, I predicted how dark energy should behave, and the rate of acceleration of our universe. Unlike the "standard model," I predicted that the rate of acceleration will change over time, and how it will. Because gravity is the curvature of our brane (and not closed loops of brane-escaping gravitons as in M-theory, or gravaton particles), the brane would have been violently vibrated by the "big splash," creating dark matter brane vibrations. Because of this, we now know what dark matter and dark energy are, and how they should behave. Dark matter's brane vibrations (with potential energy) over time, will be converted into dark energy (kinetic energy) as those vibrations relax, pushing our universe apart faster over time. These vibrations should relax in a predictable manner (in an arc) as those waves relax slowly at first, more rapidly in the middle, and then slow down again as our brane stretches out close to it's original size before the collision. Therefore, when we measure dark energy, this is what we should see, and preliminary results support my arguments. The measured rate of dark energy acceleration as reported by NPR is shallower than the standard model predicts (as I predicted), and changes over time (as I predicted). If these measurements hold up, they will disprove the standard model's dark energy and support my modification of M-theory, and validate string theory at the same time. How's that for testable predictions?

This is a continuation of this thread from Origin of the Universe,,,,Bang or no Bang, as Buffy suggested I move our discussion to a new topic. If you haven't read earlier posts, click "this thread" above to check them out! Frankly, I doubt anything will satisfy you... :beer: Can I get a vote of confidence from anyone else out there? Give me a brief "You've got something there..." or set up a poll: A: He's absolutely right! B: He's got a better answer than anyone else out there. C: Nice try, but unlikely. D: Sorry, bub. In response, Two branes colliding would look like the CMB, because both branes would have ripples due to quantum noise, generating disturbances as they grow from Planck length bubbles to a radius of 526 trillion light years (before the collision). As the two branes collide, there are places where their ripples constructively overlap, generating areas of higher-energy collision, and areas where their ripples destructively overlap, generating areas of lower-energy collision. This creates slight fluctuations in the collision's overall energy, which is what we observe in the CMB! Most everything after the CMB is generated is the same as the BB model. However, unlike the ekpyrotic and BB models, because gravity is the curvature of our brane (and not closed loops of brane-escaping gravitons as in M-theory, or gravaton particles), the brane would have been violently vibrated by the collision, creating dark matter brane vibrations. Because of this, we now know what dark matter and dark energy are, and how they should behave. We can make predictions, and see if they pan out. Dark matter's brane vibrations (with potential energy) over time, will be converted into dark energy's kinetic energy as those vibrations relax, pushing our universe apart faster. These vibrations should relax in a predictable manner (an arc) as the waves relax slowly at first, more rapidly in the middle, then slow down again as our brane stretches out to reach it's original size before collision. Therefore, when we measure dark energy, this is what we should see, and preliminary results support my arguments. The measured rate of dark energy acceleration as reported by NPR is shallower than the standard model predicts (as I predicted), and changes over time (as I predicted). If these measurements hold up, they will disprove the standard model's dark energy and support my modification of M-theory, and validate string theory. What makes my model less metaphysical than the standard model? Plenty. The standard model assumes there was no time before the bang, and that an entire universe materialized itself out of nothing, and for no particularly good reason, either. M-theory with my gravity modifications assumes that time always existed, and in my model time is the rate at which strings vibrate. Spacetime always existed as well, and it is quantum noise disturbing and agitating spacetime at the Planck length that produces D-branes. These branes rapidly grow in size due to the vacuum around them and quantum noise within them. After two such branes reach the approximate size of our brane (as well as a multitude of other branes of various shapes and sizes) they can collide. When they do, they transfer the vast majority of their momentum's energy as vibrations of each brane (dark matter). As 4% of the brane was in the process of generating virtual strings at the instant of impact, this produced an outlet within the brane for the collision's energy to go. This vibrated entangled pairs of virtual strings into pairs of quarks, electrons, positrons, and other matter of various masses and energies according to the laws of physics. This satisfactorily explains how our brane came into existence, what it (and the rest of the multiverse) was doing before our universe was created, how our universe was created, and where all that energy came from. The only components necessary for this model are quantum noise and spacetime itself! Also, unlike the ekpyrotic model, these collisions are not cyclical, but random. Branes are floating randomly due to the random nature of their creation and momentum, and not just two flat branes locked in an eternal cycle of collision. To me, this modified brane model is much more satisfactory than not knowing what caused a "big bang" of incredible energy, and having absolutely no explination for it, whatsoever! ---------------------------- SlipString Drive

Buffy suggested I move the continuation of this discussion to a new topic as to not get caught between other discussions, so my next response will be up shortly under the topic "Origin of the Universe: No Bang, Splash! (New theory)"

The rest of M-theory is left unchanged, only the method of transmission of gravity has been altered in my version, but it's force is identical as are the laws of physics. I'd better start with the 24% Helium abundance. The energy required to create an electron is much less than the energy required to create a positron, and the same relationship applies to all other types of matter and their antimatter partners. the ratio of matter to antimatter in the splash should be directly proportional to the amount of energy required to create that matter and antimatter as it was vibrated into existence according to the laws of physics, and not magically "banged" into existence. The same ratio applies to the amount of energy required to create matter. As it takes four times the amount of energy to create a Helium atom than it does to create a Hydrogen atom, we would expect to see one fourth the amount of helium created in the big splash collision than we do hydrogen. And guess what? It fits! This same ratio applies to all other matter created in the splash (which fits as well). The splash also created a hot cloud of subatomic strings as it imparted energy to each pair of virtual strings, and at the same time contracted our brane to a much smaller size, heating this hot, dense cloud according to the laws of physics, but never getting anywhere near the size of a singularity. So, each type of matter should be created in porportion to the amount of energy it takes to create that element, which is what we observe! :P This hot cloud cools and condenses into matter in the same manner as the big bang model, only much sooner, as it started at a much larger volume. As it went through its phase change from subatomic strings to matter, it emitted a flash of light identical to that of the big bang model. From there on out, the theories are very similar, only I know what caused the whole darn thing! Also, the cosmic background radiation (which appears like the pattern of two wavy membranes colliding) would be emitted much sooner (closer to the collision itself), and not 400,000 years later. When we look at the cosmic background radiation, we may be looking at just minutes or hours after the collision, and not 400,000 years later. Satisfied?

I'm not familiar with it exactly, but I assume you make a wide top and bottom, and then turn several rings in-between, cutting into the wood underneath the rings, seperating them from the shaft. Pretty trickey ;) "Where's the seam?" :lol: Great tip! Thanks :) I'll see if I can't get my hands on a lathe at the Center or during the ITE when we have turners from accross the globe staying an collaborating during the summer! I'll see if I can't develop it into a hobby ;) I'm sure I could do all sorts of other small-scale more intricate pieces as long as I'm not gouging out mega-volumes of shavings :cup: Thanks for the tips! I might try to get a few from Michael Brolly, too. I also did his site (MichaelBrolly.com) and he owes me a bit of work ;) Happy Turning!

I do love woodworking! Unfortunately, I haven't tried turning after my injury. I'm sure I could turn some smaller more delicate pieces that don't take as much strength, but it would take some tool modification as I only have partial use of my hands. However, I have become a collector! If you check out the Wood Turning Center's ITE show Connections 1995-2005, I own about 9 pieces from the show. As I only bought about 1 piece a year, that's an awfully good batting average! I'm good friends with the Center's director, Albert LeCoff, and so have been creating/maintaining their website since 2001 (for a significant discount ;) )

Oh, and I forgot to mention that this model also explains quantum entanglement (and probably everything else, but one thing at a time...) As the pair of virtual strings are entangled when they are disturbed into creation by quantum noize, when the big splash brane collision vibrates each pair of strings into a pair of quarks, etc., each pair will be entangled as they were "born" from the same disturbance of opposite-wave strings. They split apart due to their electromagnetic vibrations, and combine with other quarks to form the first protons and neutrons. This also explains why quantum entanglement is linked to gravity. (To Escape from quantum wierdness put the petal to the metal, Science Vol 309 16 September 2005 p. 1801) sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5742/1801a?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=309&firstpage=1801&resourcetype=HWCIT All matter and energy in our universe are connected to each other through our brane. The strings are physically connected to the brane, and their gravitational vibrations curve our brane. Quantum information could only be transmitted or linked if the "particles" themselves were connected or linked in some way, as strings would be through our brane. All matter in the universe—and even light itself, which vibrates in only two gravity dimensions and one higher dimension is moving through our brane, constantly in touch with it. No other theory can yet explain why quantum entanglement would be linked to gravity! I explain quite a few other phenomena, but let's tackle one at a time

Thanks, yes. Pure mathematics has its benefits, but it often takes a leap of intuition to make the big discoveries. Einstein did some of his best work using "thought experiments," and I've found it a very useful tool. Yes, I have a decent background in standard physics, but I've found string theory to have the most potential, and it seems a much more realistic model than one using point particles. (Not to mention that current theory has no idea what "banged" or how it "banged.") Quantum noize generating disturbances in spacetime itself using string theory is enough to generate everything we have observed in the universe. First, it generates tiny Planck-length D-Branes, which, due to the vaccum around them and quantum noize within them are stretched and grow to enormous sizes. Eventually, two such branes would collide, producing the effects I described in my previous post. Because gravity would now be defined as the curvature of our membrane due to the vibrations of open strings of matter, dark matter would have been generated in the collision of membranes that created our universe. When the branes collided, it would be similar to two soap bubbles (filled with bubble soap) bouncing into each other and wobbiling back and forth with vibrations resonating throughout the structure like a 3D spider's web. Because a membrane is so thin, it would be extremely compressed where it vibrates, and that curvature of spacetime is dark matter. Unlike the bubble soap I mentioned which is incredibly dense (relatively speaking) the brane vibrations would last extraordinarily long and compress the brane to a great degree due to the extremely thin nature of the brane and it's stupendously large size. The gases of this new young universe would be attracted to this lattice of brane vibrations, causing those gas clouds to collapse into the first stars and galaxies much more rapidly than current theory explains (and as we have observed.) The "dark matter" brane vibrations would, over time, be converted into "dark energy" as these vibrations relax over time, pushing the universe apart at an increasing rate as described earlier. I did a rough calculation, and came up with a maximum membrane size (radius) of 526 trillion light years before the collision, which is where it should end up when it completely relaxes. This should be so, because gravity's weakness should be directly proportional to the size of our brane. A string of matter's gravity vibrations could have had an effect as strong as the electromagnetic force when our brane was originally created at the Planck length. As our brane expanded, individual strings of matter stayed the same size, leaving a smaller and smaller percentage of its surface area for strings of matter to vibrate against! Hmmm.. Testable predictions... What's next? :shade:

I know string theory's on the rails now, as skeptical physicists say "but where's the proof?" Well, it's on its way, and it could be sooner than you think. :) String theory does have its problems, but they'll soon be corrected. M-theory was a brilliant expansion of string theory by Ed Witten which consolidated the 5 previous string theories into one comprehensive theory which now included membranes. However, because it relies on closed loop strings to explain gravity (which can escape our brane accounting for gravity's weakness) it relies on parallel branes in awkward positions "leaking" gravity to us in order to work properly which is not very intellectually satisfying. Being an astronomer in a wheelchair with lots of time to think, I spent many thousands of hours running simulations on my "mental model" of the universe I had been developing since age 8. After incorporating M-theory into this model, I was able to explain our universe from before start to finish. Some of those simulations included colliding membranes together in order to create new universes. During those simulations, I realized that dark matter could be explained by the vibrations imparted to each brane from the collision itself. Like two bubbles that bounce into each other, the branes would wobble back and forth, creating a spider's web network of dark matter throughout each brane after the collision where the branes vibrate the most. However, this would mean that the brane itself is what transmits the gravitational force, not closed loop strings. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that gravity is the curvature of our brane due to vibrations of strings of matter. The higher the frequency of an open string of matter, the more tightly it would pull its ends together, curving our brane and creating gravity. At the instant of the collision, any virtual strings in the process of creation would be vibrated into pairs of real strings- quarks and electrons, each pair has one partner that would spin "up" and the other "down" creating all the matter in the universe (as about 4% of the brane was in the process of creating virtual strings at the instant of collision.) This explains why all types of matter and energy come with two types of spin! This Membrane Theory of Gravity would also explain dark energy, as the collision of branes would first cause the brane to contract at the big splash, and over time, those vibrations would relax, causing the brane to expand back out towards its original size as it did. It would expand the most in the empty (starless) regions of space first (as we have observed), as these regions are furthest from the dark matter brane vibrations created in the big splash. This acceleration should follow a curved path (an arc) as the acceleration starts slowly, becomes most rapid in the middle, and then slows down again as the brane expands back out to its original size. This matches the preliminary results from measurements of dark energy so far. (Listen to the NPR story about the study. I can't post links yet, but go to storyId=5149972 on npr.org) If this study is confirmed, it will verify M-theory with my modifications. This modification can also explain the creation of our universe without physics breaking down as it currently does. The collision and its effects would all occur and propogate at close to the speed of light, and according to the laws of physcs, which never break down (unlike in the big bang model!) This way, we can create a universe consistent with the laws of physics, and explain dark matter and energy at the same time! The universe would have contracted to several billion light years accross, much larger than a singularity, and with no need to fudge the numbers with an inflationary theory. I wrote all of this down with illustrations in my book: SlipString Drive: String Theory, Gravity, and "Faster Than Light" Travel. The method of travel mentioned obeys relativity, and works similarly to a wormhole, but is much more practical, but that's not what I'm here to talk about. More information is available at SlipString.com. I would love to hear your feedback on these ideas, and would be happy to answer any questions you have about them!

Don't you know it! Getting into any quad dorm gave me a minor corinary too ;) (Had to get to dorm parties :( ) I had to fly down a 45 degree service ramp into the basement before the timer on the doors set off the alarm! Of course, then I had to contend with the 90-year old manual elevators that didn't stop on any particular floor ;) You had to eye-ball the floor, and stop the elevator taking into account stopping time, and not pass the floor! ;) Got trapped in there for a bit one day when I overshot the basement, and ended up 3 feet below it! The power cut off as to not smash the elevator... Had to get groundspeople to turn it back on to get out... Boy, could I tell you stories! :)

Thanks ;) Boy, are you guys quick! I wish I had that kind of time to monitor the woodturning forum of the site I built for woodturningcenter.org ;) Being a one-guy-show, however, I can't be everywhere at once :) Perhaps I should switch board software, however, as phpbb does seem to be a spam magnet :( Talk 2 U soon :D

I'm an Astronomer on wheels who graduated from Vassar College. I was the first student in a wheelchair to live on campus. I have strong opinions on String/M-theories, and have developed my own Membrane Theory of Gravity over the past four years which explains dark matter, dark energy, and recent studies of dark energy that reveal that it changes over time! I hope to be a valuable addition to the forum! Want to find me, google SlipString!