Foam-like structure of the Universe

TL;DR

This paper proposes that the foam-like structure of spacetime, persisting after the early universe, can explain dark matter phenomena and predicts observable diffuse halos of radiation around sources.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model linking spacetime foam to dark matter effects and predicts diffuse radiation halos as observable signatures.

Findings

Foam-like spacetime structure mimics dark matter phenomena

Photon scattering in foam leads to diffuse halos around sources

Dark matter halos correspond to sources of diffuse radiation

Abstract

On the quantum stage spacetime had the foam-like structure. When the Universe cools, the foam structure tempers and does not disappear. We show that effects caused by the foamed structure mimic very well the observed Dark Matter phenomena. Moreover, we show that in a foamed space photons undergo a chaotic scattering and together with every discrete source of radiation we should observe a diffuse halo. We show that the distribution of the diffuse halo of radiation around a point-like source repeats exactly the distribution of dark matter around the same source, i.e. the DM halos are sources of the diffuse radiation.