Primordial Planet Formation

TL;DR

This paper proposes that primordial planet-mass objects formed shortly after the big bang and now constitute baryonic dark matter, explaining various astronomical observations and challenging existing star and planet formation theories.

Contribution

It introduces a scenario where primordial planets formed early in the universe's history and account for baryonic dark matter, addressing gaps in current formation theories.

Findings

Detection of microscopic dust from space missions.

Presence of molten nodules in comet samples.

Primordial planets explain baryonic dark matter and observed phenomena.

Abstract

Recent spacecraft observations exploring solar system properties impact standard paradigms of the formation of stars, planets and comets. We stress the unexpected cloud of microscopic dust resulting from the DEEP IMPACT mission, and the existence of molten nodules in STARDUST samples. And the theory of star formation does not explain the common occurrence of binary and multiple star systems in the standard gas fragmentation scenario. No current theory of planet formation can explain the iron core of the earth, under oceans of water. These difficulties are avoided in a scenario where the planet mass objects form primordially and are today the baryonic dark matter. They have been detected in quasar microlensing and anomalous quasar radio brightening bursts. The primordial planets often concentrate together to form a star, with residual matter seen in pre-stellar accretion discs around the youngest stars. These primordial planet mass bodies were formed of hydrogen-helium, aggregated in dense clumps of a trillion at the time of plasma neutralization 380,000 years after the big bang. Most have been frozen and invisible, but are now manifesting themselves in numerous ways as sensitive modern space telescopes become operational. Their key detection signature is their thermal emission spectrum, pegged at the 13.8 degrees Kelvin triple point of hydrogen, the baryonic dark matter (Staplefeldt et al. 1999).