I Universe's First Stars Interaction with Dark Matter

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The discussion centers on the detection of signals from the universe's first stars, occurring 180 million years post-Big Bang, and the interaction between baryonic matter and dark matter. The accuracy of the detection method is deemed sufficient to warrant further improvements, as dark matter is believed to primarily interact gravitationally with baryons. It is suggested that dark matter acts as a structural framework for the visible universe, raising questions about whether the evolution of the universe is secondary to dark matter. The conversation also touches on the potential for weak, non-gravitational interactions between dark matter and baryonic matter, which could influence cosmic evolution. Overall, the interplay between baryonic matter and dark matter remains a crucial area of study in understanding the universe's formation.
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https://www.space.com/39837-first-stars-universe-fingerprints-dark-matter.html

http://www.nature.com/articles/nature25791.epdf?referrer_access_token=L6PHf4qi1jrWUOM-MYXgXtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Pxjy4puk3sS91mtRutT-5oRg5bNJRASZ37GVS5rctuSuaATALT0lf9IJVXE1qOiMZdZe-NKxO-zYqYkEJ7N7MSRUGceahaslNK0jX2UTmsKTnS8oFQO3tbTi89sgpoC0W8XhBjyd1k6eXn73DqbL77-adKIudcv2bT3ejpJOLJg6oisT-ujjvLz47VmX79WVw=&tracking_referrer=www.cbc.ca

How accurate is this table detector that allegedly detected signal of first stars 180 million years after Big Bang? What possible errors can you think of? I'm basically interested in how our baryonic matter interacts with dark matter and whether there is possibility these two are like protons and electrons that made up a higher basic matter (think up normal baryonic matter with hidden sector that acts like dark matter).

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bluecap said:
How accurate is this table detector
Accurate enough to suggest that an improved version would be a good idea.
 
In the second technical paper above. It says "The only known cosmic constituent that can be colder than the early cosmic gas is dark matter. The reason for this is that dark matter is assumed to interact with itself and with baryons mainly gravitationally, and so it is expected to decouple thermally in the very early Universe and cool down thereafter (very quickly if it is non-relativistic early on, as in the case of cold dark matter). Substantial electrodynamic or nuclear interactions of dark matter would be inconsistent with the observational successes of standard cosmology, including Big Bang nucleosynthesis, CMB observations and the formation and distribution of galaxies. However, weak, non-gravitational interactions are possible."

It's like dark matter is there only to support the scaffolding of our visible baryonic universe. Is there no possibility it's the other way around.. that our universe is secondary to the dark matter evolution? Any references along this line?
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombination_(cosmology) Was a matter density right after the decoupling low enough to consider the vacuum as the actual vacuum, and not the medium through which the light propagates with the speed lower than ##({\epsilon_0\mu_0})^{-1/2}##? I'm asking this in context of the calculation of the observable universe radius, where the time integral of the inverse of the scale factor is multiplied by the constant speed of light ##c##.
The formal paper is here. The Rutgers University news has published a story about an image being closely examined at their New Brunswick campus. Here is an excerpt: Computer modeling of the gravitational lens by Keeton and Eid showed that the four visible foreground galaxies causing the gravitational bending couldn’t explain the details of the five-image pattern. Only with the addition of a large, invisible mass, in this case, a dark matter halo, could the model match the observations...
Hi, I’m pretty new to cosmology and I’m trying to get my head around the Big Bang and the potential infinite extent of the universe as a whole. There’s lots of misleading info out there but this forum and a few others have helped me and I just wanted to check I have the right idea. The Big Bang was the creation of space and time. At this instant t=0 space was infinite in size but the scale factor was zero. I’m picturing it (hopefully correctly) like an excel spreadsheet with infinite...

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