The Topological Origin of Dark Matter: The Absolute Dark Domain and the Falsification of Particle Paradigms
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Despite decades of extensive experimental efforts, direct and indirect detection of dark matter particles (e.g., WIMPs, axions) remains elusive, pushing the standard Cold Dark Matter (CDM) paradigm into a crisis. This paper proposes a fundamental ontological shift: dark matter is not an undiscovered elementary particle, but a Topological Dead Knot within a fundamental discrete network. Based on Daopological Physics, we define dark matter as an "Absolute Dark Domain" characterized by extreme structural measure (μstructure≫0μstructure≫0) and vanishing transfer entropy (Htransfer→0Htransfer→0). We derive a crucial physical consequence: because internal information flow is completely frozen, dark matter cannot exchange momentum via dynamical friction with visible matter. To test this paradigm, we present a discrete numerical simulation of a galaxy traversing a dark matter halo. Unlike the CDM model, which predicts a massive trailing wake due to dynamical friction, the Daopological model predicts absolute topological insulation—the galaxy passes through with zero friction and a perfectly preserved morphology. We further outline six falsifiable observational signatures, including the "Zero-Wake Effect" observable via JWST. This work provides a directly testable kinematic discriminator between particle dark matter and topological dark matter.
Author: Zhang, Baoyuan
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225728848
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