Rodger, I saw this episode some time ago, it's very interesting. Last night was a repeat. My only concern is that deep space, at 3 degrees Kelvin, is orders of magnitude warmer than the temps needed for matter to transform phase into a B-C condensate. On 12/8/10, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
Last night on NOVA, I was watching the program on "The Super Cold" which focused into investigation of matter when it is infinitesimally close to absolute zero. They talked about scientists that have been able to transform matter (sodium and Hydrogen) into Bose-Einstein Condensate. In this state, motion of atomic nuclei ceases, it allows electron transfer with virtually no resistance and the matter begins to take on the characteristics of photons. Interesting enough, light travelling through Bose-Einstein Condensate is slowed down to the speed of a leisurely stroll.
With the characteristics described and knowing that matter in deep space approaches absolute zero, I wondered if their might be a connection between Bose-Einstein Condensate and Dark Matter. I did a Google search and found that this is a topic that has been looked into seriously. Perhaps there is something to this possible connection.
Did anyone else see this NOVA and what are your thoughts on this.
Thanks
Rodger Fry