published on Tuesday. Needless to say, this is confusing as it goes against what previous models of physics dictate.two researchers from the University of Nottinghammay be adapting to invisible “walls” created by a new class of particles called symmetrons.
If this turns out to be true, it could rewrite the laws of astrophysics introducing a new type of physics. The current standard theory, called the Lambda cold dark matter , leaves space for only three key elements to exist in the universe: the cosmological constant, cold dark matter, and the conventional matter we are privy to on a daily basis. This would mean that smaller galaxies would be subjected to the gravitational pull of larger host galaxies and therefore travel in chaotic orbits, a factor that has not been proven thus far by research.
Now, the researchers have conceived of a theory that would explain the unusual orbits of smaller galaxies that pertains to an elusive fifth force.This never-before-witnessed force could be responsible for the arrangement of galaxies into disk shapes while particles known as symmetrons could be using this same space to create “domain walls,” types of invisible walls in space.