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New reports of further evidence for dark matter have been greatly exaggerated. Yesterday, researchers working with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a $2 billion cosmic ray detector attached to the International Space Station, reported their latest data on a supposed excess of high-energy positrons from space. They contended—at least in a press release—that the new results could offer new hints that they’ve detected particles of dark matter, the mysterious stuff whose gravity binds the galaxies. But several cosmic ray physicists say that the AMS data are still perfectly consistent with much more mundane explanations of the excess. And they doubt AMS alone will resolve the issue.
The leader of the AMS team, Nobel laureate Samuel Ting of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, takes care to say that the new results do not prove that AMS has detected dark matter. But he also says the data lend more support to that interpretation than to some others. "The key statement is that we have not found a contradiction with the dark matter explanation," he says.
The controversy centers on AMS's measurement of a key ratio, the number of antimatter positrons to the sum of positrons and electrons. In April 2013, AMS confirmed early reports that as the energy of the particles increased above about 8 gigaelectron Volts (GeV), that ratio, or "positron fraction," increased, even as the individual fluxes of electrons and positrons were falling. That increase in the relative abundance of positrons could signal the presence of dark matter particles. According to many theories, if those particles collide, they would annihilate each other to produce electron-positron pairs. That would alter the balance of electrons and positrons among cosmic rays, as the usual source such as the cloudlike remnants of supernova explosions produce far more electrons than positrons.
However, that interpretation was hardly certain. Even before AMS released its measurement of the ratio, astrophysicists had argued that the excess positrons could potentially emanate from an undetected nearby pulsar. In November 2013, Eli Waxman, a theoretical astrophysicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and colleagues went even further. They argued that the excess positrons could come simply from the interactions of "primary" cosmic rays from supernova remnants with the interstellar medium. If so, then the positrons were just "secondary" rays and nothing to write home about.
However, AMS team researchers see two new features that are consistent with the dark matter interpretation, they reported online yesterday in Physical Review Letters. First, the AMS team now sees that after rising with energy, the positron fraction seems to level off and may begin to fall at an energy of 275 GeV, as would be expected if the excess were produced by colliding dark matter particles, as the original particles' mass would put an upper limit on the energy of the positron they spawned. AMS researchers say the leveling off would be consistent with a dark matter particle with a mass of 1 teraelectron volt (TeV). (Thanks to Albert Einstein’s famous equivalence of mass and energy, the two can be measured in the same units.)
Second, the AMS team measured the spectra of electrons and positrons individually. They found that the spectra have different shapes as energy increases. "It's really surprising that the electrons and positrons are so different," Ting says. And, he argues, the difference suggests that the positrons cannot be secondary cosmic rays produced by primary cosmic ray electrons, as such production should lead to similar spectra.
But some cosmic ray physicists aren't convinced. For example, in AMS's graph of the electron fraction, the error bars at the highest energies are large because the high-energy particles are so rare. And those uncertainties make it unclear whether the positron fraction really starts to drop, says Stéphane Coutu, a cosmic ray physicist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. And even if the positron fraction does fall at energies higher than AMS reported, that wouldn't prove the positrons come from dark matter annihilations, Coutu says. Such a "cutoff" could easily arise in positrons from a pulsar, he says, if the spatial region in which the pulsar accelerates particles is of limited size. All told, the new results are "probably consistent with anything," Coutu says.
Similarly, Waxman questions Ting's claim that the new data suggest the positrons aren't simply secondary cosmic rays. If that were the case, then the electrons and positrons would be coming from different places and there would be no reason to expect their spectra to be similar, Waxman says. Moreover, he notes, AMS's measurement of the positron fraction seems to level out just at the limit that he and colleagues predicted would be the maximum achievable through secondary cosmic rays. So, in fact, the new data support the interpretation that the positrons are simply secondary cosmic rays, he says. "To me this is a very strong indication that we are seeing cosmic ray interactions.”
Will the argument ever end? AMS is scheduled to take data for 10 more years, which should enable scientists to whittle down the uncertainties and extend their reach toward higher energies, Ting says. "I think we should be able to reach 1 TeV with good statistics," he says, and that should be enough to eventually settle the dispute. But Gregory Tarlé, an astrophysicist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, says, "I don't think that's a legitimate claim." Higher energy cosmic rays arrive at such a low rate that even quadrupling the data set would leave large statistical uncertainties, he says. So, Tarlé suspects, years from now the AMS results will likely look about as ambiguous they do now.
The leader of the AMS team, Nobel laureate Samuel Ting of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, takes care to say that the new results do not prove that AMS has detected dark matter. But he also says the data lend more support to that interpretation than to some others. "The key statement is that we have not found a contradiction with the dark matter explanation," he says.
The controversy centers on AMS's measurement of a key ratio, the number of antimatter positrons to the sum of positrons and electrons. In April 2013, AMS confirmed early reports that as the energy of the particles increased above about 8 gigaelectron Volts (GeV), that ratio, or "positron fraction," increased, even as the individual fluxes of electrons and positrons were falling. That increase in the relative abundance of positrons could signal the presence of dark matter particles. According to many theories, if those particles collide, they would annihilate each other to produce electron-positron pairs. That would alter the balance of electrons and positrons among cosmic rays, as the usual source such as the cloudlike remnants of supernova explosions produce far more electrons than positrons.
However, that interpretation was hardly certain. Even before AMS released its measurement of the ratio, astrophysicists had argued that the excess positrons could potentially emanate from an undetected nearby pulsar. In November 2013, Eli Waxman, a theoretical astrophysicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and colleagues went even further. They argued that the excess positrons could come simply from the interactions of "primary" cosmic rays from supernova remnants with the interstellar medium. If so, then the positrons were just "secondary" rays and nothing to write home about.
However, AMS team researchers see two new features that are consistent with the dark matter interpretation, they reported online yesterday in Physical Review Letters. First, the AMS team now sees that after rising with energy, the positron fraction seems to level off and may begin to fall at an energy of 275 GeV, as would be expected if the excess were produced by colliding dark matter particles, as the original particles' mass would put an upper limit on the energy of the positron they spawned. AMS researchers say the leveling off would be consistent with a dark matter particle with a mass of 1 teraelectron volt (TeV). (Thanks to Albert Einstein’s famous equivalence of mass and energy, the two can be measured in the same units.)
Second, the AMS team measured the spectra of electrons and positrons individually. They found that the spectra have different shapes as energy increases. "It's really surprising that the electrons and positrons are so different," Ting says. And, he argues, the difference suggests that the positrons cannot be secondary cosmic rays produced by primary cosmic ray electrons, as such production should lead to similar spectra.
But some cosmic ray physicists aren't convinced. For example, in AMS's graph of the electron fraction, the error bars at the highest energies are large because the high-energy particles are so rare. And those uncertainties make it unclear whether the positron fraction really starts to drop, says Stéphane Coutu, a cosmic ray physicist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. And even if the positron fraction does fall at energies higher than AMS reported, that wouldn't prove the positrons come from dark matter annihilations, Coutu says. Such a "cutoff" could easily arise in positrons from a pulsar, he says, if the spatial region in which the pulsar accelerates particles is of limited size. All told, the new results are "probably consistent with anything," Coutu says.
Similarly, Waxman questions Ting's claim that the new data suggest the positrons aren't simply secondary cosmic rays. If that were the case, then the electrons and positrons would be coming from different places and there would be no reason to expect their spectra to be similar, Waxman says. Moreover, he notes, AMS's measurement of the positron fraction seems to level out just at the limit that he and colleagues predicted would be the maximum achievable through secondary cosmic rays. So, in fact, the new data support the interpretation that the positrons are simply secondary cosmic rays, he says. "To me this is a very strong indication that we are seeing cosmic ray interactions.”
Will the argument ever end? AMS is scheduled to take data for 10 more years, which should enable scientists to whittle down the uncertainties and extend their reach toward higher energies, Ting says. "I think we should be able to reach 1 TeV with good statistics," he says, and that should be enough to eventually settle the dispute. But Gregory Tarlé, an astrophysicist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, says, "I don't think that's a legitimate claim." Higher energy cosmic rays arrive at such a low rate that even quadrupling the data set would leave large statistical uncertainties, he says. So, Tarlé suspects, years from now the AMS results will likely look about as ambiguous they do now.
As the planet continues to raise her vibration toward a fifth dimensional frequency, the ability to manifest is becoming easier and faster. Ultimately those who are awakened to the possibility of a New Earth are working toward manifesting this into reality and need to know the missing piece of manifestation in order to be successful co-creators. The trinity of manifestation Manifestation involves using heartfelt intention, the Law of Attraction, and the Universal Law of Detachment. T [...]
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"The best time to look will be between the time of moonset [between 1 and 2 a.m., local time] and dawn, and the best way to observe the show is to recline comfortably, facing anywhere from north to east and gazing nearly overhead," Cook said. news.nationalgeographic.com
Published April 19, 2010
For the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, nature will be setting off some fireworks, with the peak of the annual Lyrid meteor shower arriving on April 22.
While the Lyrids might not be cosmic celebrities like August's showy Perseids, the April meteor shower has been known to offer up a surprise or two for sky-watchers
(Related: "Comet 'Shower' Killed Ice Age Mammals?")
"Although the Lyrids have been observed since 687 B.C., the behavior of the shower from year to year is unpredictable," said Anthony Cook, an astronomer for the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
"An average Lyrid shower produces between 10 and 20 meteors per hour, but occasionally these rates increase to 90 per hour," Cook said. "In 1803 the shower produced about a thousand meteors per hour"—just enough to qualify as a meteor storm.
How to See the Lyrid Meteors
This year, Lyrid meteor activity began picking up on April 16, and the shower will run until April 25.
The Earth Day peak will actually come in the early morning hours of April 22, after the first quarter moon has sunk below the horizon, leaving dark skies. (Test your lunar smarts with our moon quiz.)
"The best time to look will be between the time of moonset [between 1 and 2 a.m., local time] and dawn, and the best way to observe the show is to recline comfortably, facing anywhere from north to east and gazing nearly overhead," Cook said.
"The best location is a region far from urban light pollution with a fairly open horizon."
Lyrids to Be a Sprinkle or a Storm?
The Lyrids' "shooting stars" will appear to radiate from around the brilliant star Vega in the shower's namesake constellation Lyra.
Vega now shines nearly overhead in the predawn hours for stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere skies, the Lyrids will produce just a sprinkling of meteors.
As with other annual meteor showers, the Lyrids are thought to be caused by debris left over from a passing comet. When Earth passes through the trail of particles—most no bigger than grains of sand—the tiny rocks burn up in our atmosphere, creating bright streaks.
(Related: "'Major,' Green Meteor Lights Midwest Night Sky," with video.)
The Lyrids have been linked to the periodic comet Thatcher, which has an orbit that's skewed nearly perpendicular to the plane of the solar system, the tabletop-like plane along which the planets orbit.
The dearth of planets along the comet's path means that its debris trail stays relatively stable, which is most likely why the Lyrids have been a reliable meteor shower for centuries.
But sometimes Earth passes through a particularly dense clump of cometary leftovers, and that's when meteor rates skyrocket.
So are sky-watchers this year in for a sprinkle or a storm?
"The only way to know what the Lyrids have in store for you," Cook said, "is to go outside and observe them."
Humanity is experiencing a quantum shift this year in every
facet of our lives. The end result of this acceleration of energy,
vibration, and consciousness will be an extremely positive event for
everyone. Unfortunately, due to the challenges surfacing in people’s
lives to be healed, many do not realize the opportunity at hand. Instead
of empowering their hopes and dreams during this unique opportunity,
people are being overwhelmed with fear and feelings of helplessness. For
this reason, the Company of Heaven is asking Lightworkers around the
world to redouble our efforts. We are One, and we have the ability to
serve as surrogates on behalf of our sisters and brothers in the Family
of Humanity. We are being called to action! The time for us to accept
the responsibility of being our sister’s and brother’s keepers is NOW!
At this very moment, our I AM Presences are increasing the frequency of vibration within our physical, etheric, mental, and emotional bodies the maximum we can endure in every 24-hour period. This may feel a little bit stressful, but it is enabling us to receive higher frequencies of Light than we have ever experienced. Remember, Light is infinitely more powerful than the fragmented, fear-based mis-creations of our human egos which are surfacing to be healed. The more Light we can project into this surfacing negativity the faster it will be transmuted, and the sooner the patterns of perfection for the New Earth will tangibly manifest in our lives.
The year 2010 is being heralded as the Year of Manifestation by the Legions of Light serving this planet. After decades of tenacious work by millions of Lightworkers in every conceivable location on Earth, we have reached a critical mass, a tipping point, that will allow the patterns of perfection for the New Earth to begin physically manifesting. Pay attention to the positive things that are being brought to your awareness and you will confirm this for yourself. Do not focus on the bombardment of negativity that is designed to polarize people and to perpetuate fear and separation. Focus instead on the evidence of positive changes that are happening everywhere. Where your attention is, there you are. Empower only what you want to co-create in your life not the things that you do not want.
Here are some powerful invocations that have been given to Humanity by the Beings of Light in the Realms of Illumined Truth. When we say these invocations with deep feeling, we join in consciousness with thousands of Lightworkers around the world who are also saying these invocations. Together we create a tremendous Chalice of Light through which the Light of God will flow to heal the maladies manifesting in our individual and our collective lives. This will clear the way for the manifestation of our hopes, our dreams, and the patterns of perfection for the New Earth.
Invoking The Violet Flame
Through the Beloved Presence of God, I AM, now
blazing in my heart, I invoke ALL of the Legions of Light throughout
infinity who are associated with the 5th-Dimensional frequencies of the
Violet Flame.
On behalf of myself and ALL Humanity, I AM now
blazing the 5th-Dimensional frequencies of the Violet Flame through
every atomic and subatomic particle and wave of Life on Earth that is
vibrating at a frequency less than the harmony and balance of God.
Beloved I AM, look into my life and the lives of ALL Humanity and see
what yet remains to be balanced by us to any person, place, condition or
thing we may have wronged at any time, in any way, for any reason.
Reach your great loving hands of Light into all of the positively
qualified energy we have released throughout our Earthly sojourns, and
draw forth a thousand times as much perfection as we have ever done
wrong.
Fashion from this substance of perfection a Gift of
Love, whatever is necessary to balance every debt we have created which
still remains unpaid to any part of Life.
Beloved I AM, I
ask you to forgive every person, place, condition or thing which may
have wronged us in any way, and balance all debts owed to us by Life
everywhere.
I accept this done through the Power of God I AM.
And so it is.
I AM CO-CREATING THE NEW EARTH
Through
the Divinity pulsating in my heart, I consecrate my life now to the
reestablishment of my Covenant with God. I clearly know and understand
with my new level of Divine Consciousness, that whatever I AM thinking,
feeling, saying, or doing I AM empowering, cocreating, and magnetizing
into my life.
From this moment forth, I dedicate my thoughts,
words, actions, and feelings to empowering and cocreating the patterns
of perfection for the New Earth. I begin with me, but I know that
simultaneously I AM a surrogate serving on behalf of ALL Humanity, for
we are all One. As I AM lifted up, all life is lifted up with me.
I invoke the entire Company of Heaven to come forth now. Blessed Ones,
please assist me in this holy endeavor, and empower these activities of
Light a thousand times a thousandfold.
Beloved Father-Mother
God, I AM my I AM Presence, and I AM enveloped in the invincible
protection of God’s Light and Divine Love as I sojourn through my
Earthly experiences.
I AM manifesting perfection in my
physical, etheric, mental, and emotional bodies.
I AM
co-creating loving relationships in my life.
I AM fulfilling
my Divine Purpose and reason for being, and I AM financially and
creatively rewarded in my job.
I AM an example of Divine Family
Life, including my place in the family of Humanity.
I AM
fulfilling my Divine Potential as a son or daughter, a wife or husband, a
mother or father, a grandmother or grandfather, a woman or man, as a
friend, a relative, a coworker, a steward of the Earth, a teacher, a way
shower, a Lightworker, and a cocreator of the New Earth.
I AM a
living example of Divine Love, Trust, Integrity, Honesty, Tolerance,
Acceptance, and Reverence for ALL Life.
I AM able to listen,
understand, and communicate openly and honestly with every evolving
soul.
I AM effortlessly Ascending into the Divine Heart and
Mind of God with every Holy Breath I take.
Within the Causal
Body of God, I AM tapping into the Divine Guidance and the viable
solutions that will assist me in fulfilling my Divine Plan and my
purpose and reason for being.
I AM open to the Divine Guidance
of my I AM Presence and the Legions of Light in the Realms of Truth. I
easily communicate with these Beings of Light through open heart and
mind telepathic communication.
I AM One with ALL Life, and I
communicate openly with the Angelic and Elemental Kingdoms as well.
I AM daily and hourly fulfilling the Immaculate Concept of my Divine
Plan
and the Divine Plan for Beloved Mother Earth.
Sealing
Affirmation
I now invoke the full-gathered momentum
of the Violet Flame to transmute every thought, word, action, or feeling
I have ever expressed in any time frame or dimension, both known and
unknown, that would in any way interfere with or prevent these patterns
of perfection for the New Earth from manifesting tangibly in the world
of form.
I AM the Immaculate Concept of these patterns of
perfection NOW made manifest and sustained by Holy Grace.
I AM
the Immaculate Concept of these patterns of perfection NOW made manifest
and sustained by Holy Grace.
I AM the Immaculate Concept of
these patterns of perfection NOW made manifest and sustained by Holy
Grace.
I accept that these patterns for the New Earth are
victoriously manifesting even as I speak.
In God’s most Holy
Name, I AM. And so it is!
(These invocations are from the
book of invocations,
I AM Co-creating the New Earth
by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles)
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14 April 2010 - 11:57pm
Message From Jeshua, April 2010
Through Rev. Michelle Coutant
Beloved Ones,
When you fill yourselves with the vibrations of Love, the miracles abound in your lives, your expression of your Divinity, and every aspect and facet of your Being. When we speak of Love to you, we want you to understand that when we ask you to hold the vibration of Love, it is a commitment you must make in each moment of your Now. In every moment of the Now, you are being asked to make the highest choice, and to express your Self as the highest aspect and expression of your Divine Self, your God Self. You must make choices which raise your vibrations, rather than choices which lower your vibrations. Throughout the day, you will find that you lower and raise your vibrations, in alignment with the thoughts that you think, the words you speak and the actions and deeds you present to humanity. You must make the choice to focus on Love and ask your Self in every Now moment, “Is this thought a thought of love, or is it a thought based upon my ego?” When you examine your thoughts in this way, you will find that you may direct your words, and your actions, to reflect the Love of your Sacred Heart. Within this Love, is the Elixir of Life, the adamantine particles, which are the foundation of all Creation. You have these adamantine particles available to you in the full spectrum of the Metatronic light, which is being showered down upon your beloved Mother Earth. These particles are available to each one of you, to bring forth the creations of the new earth. The more you focus on Love, the more effortlessly your creations will manifest, as you will have an abundant supply of adamantine particles available to you.
There are those of you who believe that you must only be the vibration of Love, as you hold the thought form for your new creation, but this will bring you only limited results, as you must hold the vibration of Love, continually. Hold the vibration of Love in the Now moment of Creation, and blessings reign, miracles abound, and you will have found your way home. You will know without a doubt that you are God, and you are entitled to all the blessings of Creation and you are in complete alignment with the flow of the universe.
The way of a master entails perseverance, dedication, and the knowing that each moment of Love, is the God moment of Creation. You are in the Still Point of Creation, and you may remain in the Still Point of Creation in every moment that you hold, solidly, and steadfastly, the vibration of Love, and Love alone. Remain in the Still Point, and you will find that you are also in your Sacred Heart as the two are One, as you are One with all Creation, and with God, as you are God, you are the All That Is.
We ask you to begin to expand your understanding of your energy field. You are much more than the limited understanding you have been given in the past. You are blessed, beautiful, Divine beings of light. How can your energy field be limited? Your energy field encompasses all Creation, it encompasses past present and future, it encompasses the All That Is, as you are the All That Is. We ask you to meditate upon this expression and feel the expansiveness; feel the limitlessness of who you are. Sit quietly and breathe deeply and allow your awareness to fill your body, to fill your immediate field around your body, and slowly become aware of the expansion of your field, as you become aware that your field encompasses Mother Earth. Breathe and feel the knowingness of this expression. As you become comfortable, breathe and feel your field expand even more, as it extends out to all creation, expanding into the All That Is. You are so much more than the physical body and the expressions of the mental, emotional, and etheric bodies that you strive to bring into harmony. You are God, and your four bodies are God. As you balance and raise your four bodies to the vibrations of the fifth dimension, you come to this knowing of your expansiveness, and once again you have come full circle, through the Law of Circle, that your four bodies are the All That Is, all Creation.
It is so simple Beloveds, yet the human condition is to be driven by the ego. Place the ego, physical, mental, and emotional bodies under the direction of your God Self, shift your focus to Love, and only Love, in the Now moment, and you will have found, once again, that the miracles of Creation are within you, the blessings of life are yours for the asking. You will be Love, and you will be God, for God is Love.
I am with you, in Love, in the Now Moment.
Jeshua
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Love and Many Blessings,
Michelle
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