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When the microscopic world met astrophysics and cosmology
Although I am a particle physicist, which is also known as a high-energy physicist, a large fraction of my research work focuses on the **problematics of dark matter**. 


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A good question that may be asked for, is why the hell would someone interested by the smallest bits of matter may learn something from what is going on at the scale of the universe. 

The answer is actually very simple and is based on **only two assumptions**. 

With this article, I will try to explain **why dark matter is important for particle physics**, and I will focus, as an appetizer before the grande finale, on giving details on these two assumptions.

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## THE ORIGINS OF THE IDEA OF DARK MATTER ##

The first of these assumptions that I have mentioned above requires relies on **the correctness of the dark matter paradigm**. This is a very strong assumption, which I have already discussed in the past and that I will further discuss in this section.

As a good starting point, it is interesting to come back to **where the dark matter idea is originally coming from**. It is old, very old: it is already 85 years old. 

The origins of the story comes from **observations made in 1933 by Fritz Zwicky**, who observed what was going on in a cluster of galaxies named the Coma Cluster. 

Zwicky was actually not the first one to suggest the idea of dark matter, but he is the first one who brought on the table an indirect evidence of its existence.

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In a few words, Zwicky observed the circular motion of stars and gas in a distant galaxy, as a function of their distance from the galactic center. 

Moreover, **on the basis of the mass of these visible stars and gas and with the help of Newtonian dynamics, predictions can be made for the quantities being observed**.

An illustration of the results is given in the picture on the left. The predictions consist of the ‘gas’ line, whilst the data are the squares. 

**A strong disagreement can be observed, which has been in the meantime confirmed by many independent measurements**.

There are two generic solutions in order to restore agreement between theory and data. 

**Either we change how gravity works at large distances, or we add matter that interacts gravitationally but that is invisible (or dark).**

Both options are still viable today and researchers are working on both. I will focus on the dark matter option. which is the one I prefer.

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## OTHER INDIRECT EVIDENCE FOR DARK MATTER ##

But that is not all the story concerning the current evidences for dark matter. More data is available, and dark matter is capable to accommodate a lot of data. 

**This is why dark matter is still very much studied today as a very serious hypothesis to explain what is going on in the universe.**

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Let us list a few of these evidences. 



On galactic scale, one can mention **gravitational lensing**, one of the predictions of general relativity (illustrated by the picture on the right).

Matter bends the trajectory of light between an emitter source and  the observer (*i.e.*, us). Studying how light is bended allows us to go back to the amount of matter that bended the trajectory, which consists another evidence for a missing mass.

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Another indication of dark matter may come from the **cosmic microwave background**. The latter is super well measured by in particular the Planck experiment (as shown in the picture on the left).  

**The anisotropies that can be observed on the picture can be traced back to test cosmological models, and thus indirectly to dark matter** which is an important component of many cosmological models.

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## BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL ##

Now it is time to move back to particle physics.

The second of the above-mentioned assumptions concerns the fact that **the Standard Model of particle physics**, which is one of the most tested theories of all time and which survives all tests so far, **is only the visible part of the ultimate theory describing the world of the elementary particles**.

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There are indeed **strong hints yielding physicists to think that the Standard Model is not this ultimate theory of nature**. 

Just to quote a few of them, one can mention the unification of the fundamental interactions, gravity, the large hierarchy between the strength of gravity and of the other interactions, *etc*. 

I have written an entire post on this topic in the past, which can be found [here](https://steemit.com/science/@lemouth/why-going-beyond-the-standard-model-of-particle-physics). So for more information, I am lazily referring to this post :)

There is actually a huge field of research focusing on the possible theories describing the microscopic world, but beyond the Standard Model.

In a few words, **researchers investigate what are the possible signatures of any theory that can be seen as a more fundamental extension of the Standard Model, how such a theory could be seen in past, present and future experiments, and what novel phenomena should be expected or could be used for unraveling the true nature of the entire particle physics iceberg.**.

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## MERGING THE INFINITELY BIG AND SMALL ##

Of course, **constructing a theory describing how the elementary particle speak with each other is not too complicated**, at least for someone who studied that area of physics. 

The basic ingredients are the same as those necessary for building the Standard Model: quantum field theory, special relativity, gauge symmetries, etc… Those are a lot of big words, but they are not very important for the discussion. 

What is important is that **nothing really fancy is necessary**. Of course, once in a while a new ideas appear, but such ideas can always be linked to the same basic principles underlying the Standard Model. 
 
What is complicated is that one must construct **viable theories with respect to data**. Let us focus on an example, the theory ‘A’.

Let us assume that I am a big fan of a specific theory named ‘A’. If ‘A’ predicts a spectacular signature that should have already been observed in experimental data from the last ten years, ‘A’ must go into the bin.

No discussion. **Any realistic theory must agree with data**. And this is where dark matter comes into the game. 

**Many theories extending the Standard Model contains a particle that can play the role of dark matter.** As we have a dark matter candidate, this dark matter candidate must not contradict astrophysical and cosmological data..

**This is why astrophysics and cosmology are important for the construction of theories potentially extending the Standard Model!**

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## SUMMARY AND REFERENCES ##

With this article, I have tried top summarize why astrophysics and cosmology matters for particle physics. In short, I have tried to motivate why many researchers in particle physics think the universe is dark, and why it matters for particle physicists tracking new phenomena.

(I must admit I am proud of this last sentence :p )

To go one step further: I have tried to motivate why dark matter is now one of the central stone of the current high-energy physics research program.

From more information, I suggest the following readings:
 - The article where Zwicky studied the Coma cluster is available [here](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933AcHPh...6..110Z).
 - The wikipedia page is pretty accurate and contains many many references. I am not a big fan of referring to wikipedia, but this time, an exception is in order. See [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter) and references there in.
 - For the reasons why one should go beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, I am self-citing myself [with my old steemit article](https://steemit.com/science/@lemouth/why-going-beyond-the-standard-model-of-particle-physics).
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@frankydoodle ·
The dark matter based on what I've read is from the blackholes where in oppositely does what the blackhole does. It is the one that could create life and energy that is floating on space.
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@lemouth ·
Black holes and dark matter have nothing to do with each other. And in any case, they are not connected to life creation. 

Concerning energy creation, dark matter particles can annihilate and release energy. This is true.
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@jakipatryk · (edited)
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Great article. What do you think about the superstring theory? I'd love to read an article about some kind of theory of everything written by you ;)
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@lemouth ·
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Superstrings and strings are actually a bit far from what I do and I actually do not know enough about them for allowing myself to write about that. Sorry :(
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@spaghetti ·
So you're saying it's not just a spaceship fuel?
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@lemouth ·
It is not a spaceship fuel for sure, as we are not even sure it exists.
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@rccc ·
I'm studying physics, and I think next year I will study dark metter, so this is a good introduction. Great post
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@lemouth ·
Which area of physics are you interested in? Any plans for the further future?
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@rccc · (edited)
When I finish the degree I would like to do the master in astrophysics, it is the area that interests me the most.
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@organiccacao ·
Can you recommend a lay-person's or college student level of you-tube video that can expand on how to apply dark matter to our evolution as a species.
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@lemouth ·
I do not think this exists at all... How could dark matter help us to evolve?
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@organiccacao · (edited)
Possibly not in the 3D, potentially in another dimension. Transmutation is a form of evolution.
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@natasmr ·
You are very interesting to analyze and present the material, @lemouth. Tell accessible language about difficult things. 

I agree, that the standard model has outlived its usefulness. And not able to accommodate all the accumulated knowledge about the universe. Waiting for the emergence of a new theory, that can explain all of this. 

I hope, that we do not live in a simulation. And dark matter there is no Creator, which it did.))) Joke
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@lemouth ·
A dark creator may be interesting to conceive ;)
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@natasmr ·
Exactly. Hahahahaha
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@acwood ·
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Nice article. While I was reading it I thought, well, if we theorize dark matter and dark energy are real and we can observe some effects which we attribute to them, is it possible that we can't see them because they live in a different dimension? 
Thanks again for a great post!

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@lemouth ·
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In a few words, there are theories with extra dimensions and that explain why the universe is expanding as fast as we see it and that propose some dark matter candidates. The number of spatial dimensions is in this case larger than 3. 

One way to see this is the following. The extra dimensions can be seen as hidden from us instead of being different from us. Think about a pencil. This is a 3D object. Now, ask a friend to hold the pencil for you and start moving away from it. You will see your 3D pencil appearing like a straight line (1D). That's basically what is going on with the extra dimensions. 

Other setups are possible, with large (instead of compact) extra dimensions, but they seem less favored by current data. Moreover, this would not help to explain with his going on in *our* 3D world.

I hope this helps :)
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@acwood ·
Thanks, my friend!
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@mehdibca ·
Great blog, a lot of material I am excited to go through. Keep posting, I fully support what you are doing here.
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@lemouth ·
Thanks a lot! :)
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@dreamrafa ·
Wonderful and interesting read as usual, keep the good work! :D
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@lemouth ·
You can count on me ^^
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@trismegistuz ·
Great article!! Love learning about dark matter and especially the standard model. I'm even going back now to your old post to check it out! Keep it up :)
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@lemouth ·
Don't hesitate to ask questions on the old posts too, if any. It will be my pleasure to come back to them :)
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@mobbs ·
Why it MATTERS har har har har!

I don't have the energy for this.

Just came here from steemstem, following =D
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@lemouth ·
Energy for what? Being dark or accreting more matter? :D
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@adrianmendoza ·
woah...complicated but quiet interesting
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@lemouth ·
If you want more precision, don't hesitate to ask! This is where I may help ^^
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@adrianmendoza ·
sure just keep it up and continuous sharing.
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@rafaelzauner ·
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Hi again. I often think about the first three minute phase of the Universe. Physicist speak of different phase transitions from the singularity to the sudden expansion of space faster then the speed of light to the point were things are cooling down to allow particle production which we can than see in the picture you have shown above which depicts the Microwave Background Radiation. So I always see 4 things, 1- the vacuum energy, 2- space and its expansion, 3- matter, and the Planck scale. Here is my reverse thought, if space can expand faster then light, then it must start off cold and expand so long until it reaches high enough temperatures so that particles begin to condense or form. The particle production on the other hand is the mechanism which slows down the space expansion by basically curling up space into matter, otherwise this fast expansion phase would not come to a stop. Afterward the hot Universe would continue to cool down forming molecules just the way you guys describe it. There must be also some kind of correlation between the total amount of vacuum energy and matter for us to observe this.  :-)
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@lemouth ·
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First, thanks a lot for this great comment (that is really appealing from a discussion standpoint)!  I however must admit I am a bit lost with your comment :p

Let's start with a detail:
> if space can expand faster then light

That is an artefact of things getting non-local. Galaxies very far from the observers seem to move faster than light, but there are very distant from each other too. As a result, we  are not local. And speed is a local concept. Actually, this is the entire definition of 'speed' here that is tricky. 


>  if space can expand faster then light, then it must start off cold and expand so long until it reaches high enough temperatures so that particles begin to condense or form. 

Here I have troubles to follow you. If the universe expands, it cools down. Also, the probability two particles meet to interact decreases. This is simplify the so-called freeze-out mechanism of dark matter. Nothing more nothing less. The particle density freezes.

> The particle production on the other hand is the mechanism which slows down the space expansion by basically curling up space into matter, otherwise this fast expansion phase would not come to a stop. 

How it this possible? How is particle production related to the expansion of the universe? Do you mind giving me more details here? Thanks in advance!
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@rafaelzauner ·
As soon as particle production starts, Gravity begins to exist, if you do not believe in a graviton particle. That is also why I have problems with the Higgs mechanism even though I can understand the concept. E=mc^2 . Mass is not for me a particle. Most of the mass comes from the binding forces which hold the Quarks together probably 99% or more. Binding force is Energy but in this case they are called [Flex-Tubes](https://steemit.com/science/@rafaelzauner/black-holes-and-the-event-horizon) (scroll down a little to see the picture) which hold the quarks together. This is how I visualize space expansion slowing down. It is converted into matter. You said that one might have to rethink gravity or think about Dark Matter. Wouldn't the Universe become opaque with all the Dark matter needed? These are just alternative thought to the subject in case the data is interpreted differently.
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