LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., June 27, 2006 (AScribe Newswire) — The current mainstream theory of the dark matter of the Universe, in the United States, is that dark matter is cold and collisionless. Research funds from NASA, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy have been and are being used to build and operate equipment designed to detect the theoretical particles predicted by the Cold Dark Matter theory.
These theoretical particles are called weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), some of which are designated neutralinos. Cold dark matter WIMPs were predicted more than 20 years ago, but have never been detected.
In December 2003, Jerome Drexler, the president of The Drexler Foundation, authored a book presenting a contrarian dark matter theory about dark matter protons that orbit small and large galaxies traveling near the speed of light. This book was followed by his 19-page dark matter scientific paper, e-Print No. astro-ph/0504512 on April 22, 2005. After seeing his dark matter theory/cosmology being supported by a number of astronomical discoveries made by others during 2005, he proceeded to author a 295-page book, “Comprehending And Decoding The Cosmos” that was published on May 22, 2006.
On June 20, 2006, Russia announced that it will launch an ultraviolet astronomical observatory having a 1.7 meter main mirror. The project manager is Boris Shustov, Professor of Physics and Mathematics and head of the Institute of Astronomy at the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the Russian news release he is quoted as saying, “One should particularly emphasize the observatory’s role in detecting the so-called dark matter of the Universe and unlocking its secrets because such dark matter can only be seen by large ultraviolet telescopes.”
“Shustov appears to believe that dark matter particles are charged and extremely fast and therefore not cold,” said Drexler, who added that he and Shustov are not alone in concluding that dark matter is not cold.
On Feb. 3, 2006, Professor Gerry Gilmore of Cambridge University and associates announced astronomical data indicating that dark matter is not cold and not collisionless. A 10-page chapter of Drexler’s 2006 book reports on Gilmore’s dark matter discoveries. On June 4, 2006 Professor Carl H. Gibson of UC San Diego posted a scientific paper, e-Print No. astro-ph/0606073 entitled, “Cold dark matter cosmology conflicts with fluid mechanics and observations.” “According to Gibson’s paper, dark matter cannot be cold and collisionless,” said Drexler.
Although Sir Martin Rees, The Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, has not taken a public stand against Cold Dark Matter, in 2004 he recommended Drexler’s December 2003 hot-dark-matter book among five books recommended in the field of cosmology.
The Dark Matter Scientific Assessment Group (DMSAG), of the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, will hold its first meeting on June 29-30 in Washington, DC. Drexler sent 11 copies of his 2006 book to DMSAG members. It is hoped that the dark matter news from Russia, Cambridge University, UC San Diego, and Los Altos Hills, California will improve the DMSAG’s research strategy, plans and decisions.
Jerome Drexler, founder and retired Chairman of LaserCard Corporation (Nasdaq: LCRD) and former NJIT Research Professor in physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, began his career as a Member of the Technical Staff of Bell Laboratories. He has been granted 76 U.S. patents involving megawatt microwaves, laser recording of data, the LaserCard® optical memory card, and nanotechnology. He has received honorary degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Upsala College and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship from Stanford University.