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Dark Matter Dark Energy amp The Origin of Life
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The ancient Greeks had words for it – the “Fifth Element” or “Quintessence”, an invisible material filling unoccupied space in our Universe. Quintessence is associated with time-varying “dark energy” that propels the measured accelerating expansion of the Universe. Quintessence contrasts with a “cosmological constant”. Unfortunately, quantum electrodynamics yields a value 10^120 times the cosmic microwave background (CMB) value. In November 2020, cosmologists reported they had identified a tentative CMB signature of quintessence. Coincidentally, in November 2020, Dr. Keith Johnson, MIT Professor, heard from the “International Journal of Astrobiology” that his paper, “Cosmology, Astrobiology, and the RNA World: Just Add Quintessential Water” had been accepted for publication, Vol. 21(2), pp 1-14 (2021). Prof. Johnson's paper presents a fascinating hypothesis about the role of cosmic water nanoclusters in explaining dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of life in the universe through their unique quantum-physics properties and quantum-chemical interactions with prebiotic molecules. Here's a summary of the key points from the paper: • 1. Quantum-Entangled Rydberg States: The paper suggests that water nanoclusters in space can exist in quantum-entangled diffuse Rydberg electronic states. These states may enable the clusters to act as a form of Rydberg baryonic dark matter. • 2. Microscopic Dynamical Casimir Effect: These water nanoclusters can absorb virtual photons from zero-point energy vacuum fluctuations via the Microscopic Dynamical Casimir effect. This absorption occurs above the nanocluster cut-off vibrational frequency of 1.7 THz, effectively canceling the large zero-point vacuum energy predicted by quantum field theory. • 3. Vacuum Energy and Gravitational Effects: The absorption mechanism leaves only vacuum fluctuations below the 1.7 THz frequency to be gravitationally active, which could account for the small observed vacuum energy density driving the universe's acceleration. This suggests a possible common origin for dark matter and dark energy. • 4. Compatibility with Other Dark Matter Forms: Rydberg Matter, including these water nanoclusters, is dilute, meaning it doesn't require a large quantity to explain its properties as baryonic dark matter. This form of matter can coexist with non-baryonic dark matter candidates like WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) and axions, should these be discovered. • 5. Laboratory Observations: Water nanoclusters have been observed in the laboratory to be ejected from particles simulating amorphous water-ice-coated cosmic dust, indicating this process likely occurs in space as well. • 6. Anthropic Principle and Life: The interaction of these cosmic water nanoclusters with prebiotic organic molecules, amino acids, and RNA protocells at the key dark-energy frequency of 1.7 THz on early Earth and habitable exoplanets aligns with the anthropic principle. This principle states that the universe's properties must allow for life as we know it, based on water, to develop at the present stage of its history. • Dr. Johnson's proposal provides a novel perspective on the interplay between dark matter, dark energy, and the conditions necessary for life, potentially offering a unified explanation that ties these phenomena together. • “Life Imitates Art!” Professor Johnson points out the idea that cosmic water nanoclusters may be a form of dark matter was a major plot element in a science-fiction feature film, “Breaking Symmetry,” he wrote, produced, and directed at MIT twenty years ago. The principal character in the film is a young female astrophysicist studying dark matter. The movie can be seen on YouTube: • Breaking Symmetry: The Movie .
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