A Direct Empirical Proof of the Existence of Dark Matter
University of Arizona · Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology · +4 more institutions
Abstract
This paper reinterprets the widely cited weak lensing analysis of the Bullet Cluster (1E0657-558) published by Clowe et al. (2006) using the Open Earth Polar Model (OEPM). Whereas the original paper argues the existence of dark matter due to a mass–light offset in the lensing map, the OEPM offers a field-theoretic alternative: that gravitational lensing arises from curvature and coherence in an underlying scalar energy field Ψ(r, θ, t), not from unseen collisionless mass. We demonstrate that the lensing peaks observed in the Bullet Cluster are consistent with gradients in this scalar field and require no exotic matter. The results support a geometric-energy view of gravitation and substantiate Cree Edwards'…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 55.83
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- 100%
- References
- 36
Authors
7- DCDouglas CloweCorresponding
University of Arizona
- MBMaruša Bradač
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
- AHAnthony H. Gonzalez
University of Florida
- MMMaxim Markevitch
Space Research Institute, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
- SWScott W. Randall
Harvard University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Topics & keywords
- Dark matter
- Physics
- Weak gravitational lensing
- Astrophysics
- Gravitational lens
- Strong gravitational lensing
- Cluster (spacecraft)
- Galaxy
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