Does string theory and the composition of quarks explain dark matter.

[alpha7158]

Hello everyone. I'm not a physicist however have been doing some research on the concepts behind dark energy and string theory and it has presented me with a question:

Is it possible that dark matter could be the components of quarks that haven't pulled together to form the quarks. We can't measure what quarks are made of just yet so could it be feasible that this matter is a mast of unmeasurable quark component dust.

I relate this to string theory as it suggests that quarks are made up of energy strings. Please correct me if I have used any incorrect assumptions.

 

[erkokite]

No, quarks are fundamental according to most mainstream theories.

 

[ordered_chaos]

Yes!

Supersymmetry predicts the existence of twice as many particles as there currently are in the standard model. These particles are called superpartners. The super partner of neutral bosons, called the neutralino, is the leading candidate for dark matter.

Is it possible that dark matter could be the components of quarks that haven't pulled together to form the quarks.

I love how you conceptualized this. The super partners cancel the quadratic mass renormalization of the particles they're the partners of. Or as you put it, they are "pulled together". I have an intuitive idea of what quadratic mass renormalization is, but I couldn't explain it, maybe some else can.

Anyway check these articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_problem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_particles