Do “ isolated ” planetary mass objects orbit invisible stellar mass companions ?
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Do " isolated " planetary mass objects orbit invisible stellar mass companions? Abstract We propose that the " isolated " planetary mass objects observed by Zapa-tero Osorio et al in the σ Orionis cluster might actually be in orbit around invisible stellar mass companions such as mirror stars. The existence of such objects can be motivated by the dark matter problem and the observation of MACHOs. Future observations can test this idea by looking for a periodic Doppler shift in the radiation emitted by the planets. The fact that the observations show an inverse dependence between the abundance of the these objects and their mass may argue in favour of the mirror matter hypothesis.
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Do " isolated " planetary mass objects orbit mirror stars? Abstract We propose that the " isolated " planetary mass objects observed by Zapatero Osorio et al in the σ Orionis cluster might actually be in orbit around invisible stellar mass companions such as mirror stars. Mirror matter is expected to exist if parity is an unbroken symmetry of nature. Future observations can test this idea by lo...
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