Abstract
One of the greatest curiosities of modern physics is the nature of the mysterious substance known as “dark matter”. It is widely accepted that the make up of the Universe is about 5% ordinary (baryonic) matter consists of baryons — an overarching name for subatomic particles such as protons, neutrons and electrons, 27% dark matter and, 68% of the universe is made of something even more puzzling called “dark energy”. Unlike normal matter, dark matter does not interact with the electromagnetic force. This means it does not absorb, reflect or emit light, making it extremely hard to spot.
Most physicists today are trying to identify the nature of dark matter by a variety of means, but the consensus is that dark matter is composed primarily of a not yet discovered subatomic particle. Unfortunately, all efforts to isolate or detect the dark matter have failed so far.
Could the explanation of “dark matter” mystery come from a totally new approach, based on Information Physics?
Most physicists today are trying to identify the nature of dark matter by a variety of means, but the consensus is that dark matter is composed primarily of a not yet discovered subatomic particle. Unfortunately, all efforts to isolate or detect the dark matter have failed so far.
Could the explanation of “dark matter” mystery come from a totally new approach, based on Information Physics?
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 4 |
| Specialist publication | IAI News |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Nov 2022 |
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Keywords
- information
- M-E-I equivalence principle
- dark matter
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Experimental protocol for testing the mass-energy-information equivalence principle
Vopson, M., 4 Mar 2022, In: AIP Advances. 12, 3, 6 p., 035311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The mass-energy-information equivalence principle
Vopson, M., 6 Sept 2019, In: AIP Advances. 9, 4 p., 095206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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Applications of Information Theory to fundamental Physics
Vopson, M. (PI) & Robson, S. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
3/06/19 → …
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Membership of board
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Information Physics Institute (External organisation)
Vopson, M. (Chair), Vopson, A. (Chair) & Lepadatu, S. (Member)
15 Sept 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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There is no dark matter. Instead, information has mass
21/01/20 → 29/01/20
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
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