Has the possibility of dark matter being composed of virtual particles been considered? If not, then the idea seems plausible. The particles disappear before they can be detected, but before being destroyed, they would be able to exert a small gravitational tug upon the surroundings. Think about it...

• Dark Matter Dark Energy - mathman - March 3, 2003 - 02:25 UTC
  • The Scientific American article missed the Axions - yanniru - March 3, 2003 - 14:33 UTC
    • dark matter candidates - mathman - March 4, 2003 - 05:19 UTC
      • Scientific American articles are survey papers - yanniru - March 4, 2003 - 12:43 UTC
        • dark matter paper - mathman - March 5, 2003 - 01:10 UTC
          • I agree - honk_my_dooser - May 1, 2003 - 22:41 UTC
    • charge - sagefr0g - March 13, 2003 - 02:40 UTC
      • I agree-Charges are largely adhoc - yanniru - March 13, 2003 - 14:44 UTC
        • Gravity or mass is a kind of charge - yanniru - March 13, 2003 - 15:16 UTC
          • charge and gravity is almost equivalence principle like.... - sagefr0g - March 14, 2003 - 02:32 UTC
            • god particle? - bkparque - March 27, 2003 - 04:26 UTC
              • It's the Higgs particle or field - yaniru - March 27, 2003 - 16:03 UTC
                • vacuum - bkparque - March 27, 2003 - 19:53 UTC
                  • Higgs boson and Higgs field - bkparque - March 27, 2003 - 20:01 UTC
                    • So what? - yaniru - March 27, 2003 - 20:37 UTC
                    • Bkparque vacuum's.Tripod.com - savolain - March 6, 2004 - 06:37 UTC
                      • Brian Kirk Parquette'sHalfVast Universe - savolain - May 25, 2004 - 19:38 UTC
        • The link to closed strings - yanniru - March 13, 2003 - 15:26 UTC
        • oops i just found a detailed explanation.... - sagefr0g - March 14, 2003 - 01:18 UTC
          • Thanks - yanniru - March 14, 2003 - 13:54 UTC
            • thinking - sagefr0g - March 15, 2003 - 02:19 UTC
              • Quantum Computing in our brain - yanniru - March 15, 2003 - 10:26 UTC
                • Quantum fluctuations altering thinking? - splat - March 15, 2003 - 22:07 UTC
                  • quantum fluctuations? - sagefr0g - March 16, 2003 - 01:44 UTC
                    • Even still... - splat - March 16, 2003 - 02:30 UTC
                      • Quantum computing has nothijg to do with quantum fluctuations - yanniru - March 16, 2003 - 04:12 UTC
                      • size doesn't matter - sagefr0g - March 17, 2003 - 02:40 UTC
                • universe thinks therefore it is - sagefr0g - March 16, 2003 - 01:34 UTC
                  • Emotions play a role - yanniru - March 16, 2003 - 04:22 UTC
                    • serendipity..... - sagefr0g - March 17, 2003 - 01:50 UTC
                      • yes- no text - yanniru - March 17, 2003 - 03:06 UTC
                    • serendipity.....again - sagefr0g - March 17, 2003 - 02:55 UTC
                      • I hope my paper makes a good impression - yanniru - March 17, 2003 - 03:07 UTC
                        • some how - sagefr0g - March 17, 2003 - 10:57 UTC
                        • my impression - sagefr0g - March 20, 2003 - 02:52 UTC
                          • How does it all work???? - yanniru - March 20, 2003 - 04:41 UTC
                            • evolution - sagefr0g - March 21, 2003 - 02:14 UTC
                              • Father Jerome's most important contribution - yanniru - March 21, 2003 - 13:05 UTC
                                • uh ohh, - sagefr0g - March 21, 2003 - 22:38 UTC
                                  • Read your post - yanniru - March 22, 2003 - 02:50 UTC
                                    • yes the reference to absolute zero - sagefr0g - March 22, 2003 - 05:16 UTC
                                • philosophy and science - sagefr0g - March 21, 2003 - 22:46 UTC
                                  • Personal contact is OK - yanniru - March 22, 2003 - 02:43 UTC
                • 'power' of the brain - lyledude - August 15, 2003 - 08:41 UTC
                  • Read up on Chakras - yanniru - August 15, 2003 - 12:41 UTC
          • The universe has no origin - origin - July 4, 2003 - 21:42 UTC
    • What is a virtual partical? - robertgregory - March 15, 2003 - 06:03 UTC
      • a virtual particle - sagefr0g - March 15, 2003 - 10:26 UTC
        • Is an X-Ray the result of a Virtual Particle? - robertgregory - March 15, 2003 - 17:19 UTC
          • not sure but - sagefr0g - March 16, 2003 - 02:00 UTC