Space=Dark Matter/Energy

[countmein]

This is my first post on this site. If I am way off base please let me know.

 

Has anyone ever considered that perhaps space itself IS dark matter? Is this not essentialy what the possible discovery of the Higgs boson is? I have been thinking about this a lot lately and it seems logical. As theoretical physics and astronomy are hobbies for me and I lack the mathematical skills to understand alot about them, I could be way off base. Just wanted to see what others thought about this.

 

 

 

Thanks

[mathematic]

Astronomers have been able to map out a distribution of dark matter in space. Dark energy seems to be a property of space. The Higgs Boson doesn't have any direct relationship. However the Higgs field is supposed to be the reason things have mass, so I presume it applies to dark matter.

[countmein]

Astronomers have been able to map out a distribution of dark matter in space. Dark energy seems to be a property of space. The Higgs Boson doesn't have any direct relationship. However the Higgs field is supposed to be the reason things have mass, so I presume it applies to dark matter.

 

 

 

I guess I assumed that dark energy must be the energy that would be associated with dark matter.

 

What is the technique used to map out the distribution of dark matter? I would like to read about that.

 

Another reason I was making the connection was the fact that space is everywhere and the theoretical Higgs

field would presumably be everywhere as well.

[mathematic]

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Dark_matter

 

 

 

Look at the section "structure formation".

 

 

 

Also look in the "Astronomy and Cosmology" forum. There is an entry describing some of the observational evidence.

Edited July 28, 2012 by mathematic