Another dark matter story (and there are dozens like it) - this time
from BBC, correlating dark matter with a distinctive x-ray line which
also could be related to ultra dense hydrogen.... The cosmological line
which is between 3.5 keV and 3.6 keV.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38841577
To believe that this line as evidence that dark matter is a form of
ultra dense hydrogen (UDH), we first determine if the energy of the
x-ray tells us that it comes from a "deflated electron" at its lowest
value which is a characteristic of UDH. Since, indeed, that observed
value is close to the product of the mass-energy of the electron
multiplied by alpha, the fine structure constant, we must ask why it is
not exactly the expected value. As to the full implication of a
connection to alpha, Wiki has a decent entry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant.
The observed value is slightly off, however. For this x-ray to be more
relevant to the UDH <-> dark matter argument, we need to make the case
for gravitational reddening ... which actually has been made eloquently
by Halton Arp for many years. But he is controversial or otherwise the
cross-identity would be almost a given.
Dr Arp sadly passed away 3 years ago, but many think he is an overlooked
genius. Arp has no disagreement with velocity-related red shift (aka
cosmological redshift) which is already taken into account in the
observation. His contention is that the red shift of astronomical
objects can NOT be ascribed to velocity alone and that gravity adds to
red shift. In fact he presents dozens of cosmological examples in
support of this argument - and no one has yet been able to argue with them.
As an example, in his book Seeing Red Arp identifies systems where it is
necessary to correct the red shifts of pairs of quasars because one is
moving towards the observer and one away -- and the same is true for
rapidly spinning galaxies. In fact, Arp can elegantly explain the
difference of the dark matter x-ray and the UDH value which is around
less than 5% to begin with, to the extra density associated with the
gravity of dark matter itself. In fact the correction itself would be
further proof, if Arp is correct.
There is a strong argument that UDH is at least one form of dark matter,
assuming there are other forms.
