Here is a list of proper names and named entities from the sources, with a focus on those that might be considered inversely significant compared to widely known entities like the Standard Model and dark matter:
* **π and φ**: Natural geometric constants proposed as a potential basis for a more fundamental description.
* **Part 1, Part 2, Part 3**: Sections of the author's work, indicating a structured deconstruction.
* **Modern Physics Metrology**: A section within Part 2 of the author's work focusing on standard units.
* **FLRW (Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker)**: An overly idealized geometric model used in standard cosmology.
* **Geometric algebra and novel calculi**: Alternative mathematical systems suggested for describing cycles and scaling.
* **π-φ reformulation**: A hinted-at alternative gravity model based on π and φ.
* **Section 5, Section 6, Section 7**: Specific sections within the author's work referenced for details.
* **ΛCDM**: The standard model of cosmology.
* **Cold Dark Matter (CDM)**: The hypothesised non-baryonic matter component in ΛCDM.
* **Dark Energy (Λ)**: The hypothesised energy component responsible for the accelerating expansion in ΛCDM.
* **Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)**: A theory explaining galaxy dynamics without dark matter.
* **f(R) theories**: Modified Gravity theories that modify the Ricci scalar term.
* **Emergent Gravity**: Concepts proposing a deeper origin for gravitational interactions.
* **CPT symmetry**: A fundamental symmetry relating particles and antiparticles.
* **Feynman-Stueckelberg interpretation**: An interpretation within QFT that provides a framework for antiparticles.
* **Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs)**: A leading candidate for dark matter particles.
* **LZ (LUX-ZEPLIN)**: A direct dark matter detection experiment.
* **XENONnT**: A direct dark matter detection experiment.
* **PandaX-4T**: A direct dark matter detection experiment.
* **Fermi Large Area Telescope**: A gamma-ray telescope used in indirect dark matter detection.
* **AMS-02**: A cosmic ray detector used in indirect dark matter detection.
* **IceCube**: A neutrino detector used in indirect dark matter detection.
* **H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS**: Ground-based Cherenkov telescopes used in indirect dark matter detection.
* **CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array)**: A future ground-based Cherenkov telescope.
* **Galactic Center gamma-ray excess**: An observed excess potentially linked to dark matter annihilation.
* **AMS-02 positron excess**: An observed excess potentially linked to dark matter annihilation or astrophysical sources.
* **Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies**: DM-dominated systems used as targets for indirect detection.
* **Canonical thermal WIMP annihilation cross-section**: A theoretical benchmark for WIMP interaction strength.
* **Wino DM**: A specific model of dark matter facing strong constraints.
* **Axions**: A hypothetical light pseudoscalar boson candidate for dark matter.
* **Sterile Neutrinos**: A hypothetical neutrino type candidate for dark matter.
* **Primordial Black Holes (PBHs)**: Black holes formed in the early universe, a non-particle dark matter candidate.
* **Modified Gravity theories (MOND, f(R), etc.)**: Alternatives to dark matter invoking modifications to gravity.
* **Emergent Gravity concepts**: Alternatives to dark matter proposing a deeper origin for gravity.
* **General Relativity**: Einstein's theory of gravity.
* **Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO)**: Features in the large-scale structure used in cosmology.
* **WMAP and Planck**: Satellites that measured the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).
* **Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia)**: Exploding white dwarf stars used as standardizable candles in cosmology.
* **MLCS2k2 and SALT2**: Different analysis techniques for Type Ia Supernovae data.
* **Quintessence**: A hypothetical form of dark energy modeled as a scalar field.
* **Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)**: A collaboration analyzing galaxy and quasar data.
* **Backreaction hypothesis**: The idea that the effect of inhomogeneities in the universe might mimic cosmic acceleration.
* **Standard Model Higgs field**: The field associated with the Higgs mechanism.
* **Extra Dimensions**: Higher spatial dimensions proposed by theories like string theory.
* **Gauge Symmetries**: Fundamental principles of nature or descriptive redundancies in mathematical formalisms.
* **Inflaton field**: A hypothetical field driving cosmic inflation.
* **Technicolor**: An alternative to the Higgs mechanism involving new strong interactions.
* **String theory**: A theoretical framework proposing that fundamental entities are vibrating strings.
* **Holographic principle**: An alternative to classical spacetime rooted in black hole thermodynamics and string theory.
* **Bekenstein-Hawking formula**: Relates the entropy of a black hole to its surface area.
* **George Ellis**: A cosmologist who has critiqued ΛCDM.
* **Mordehai Milgrom**: The originator of the MOND theory.
* **Max Tegmark**: Proponent of the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis (MUH).
* **Sean Carroll**: Advocate of the multiverse hypothesis.
* **Michael Turner**: A vocal proponent of ΛCDM.
* **Joel Primack**: Influential in work on cold dark matter.
* **Planck's “mathematical trick”**: The initial assumption of energy quantization by Planck.
* **Classical spacetime**: The framework of space and time that breaks down at quantum levels.
* **Singularities, non-locality**: Features indicating the limitations of classical spacetime.
* **Unification of gravity with quantum field theory**: An unresolved problem in physics.
* **QCD axion**: A specific type of axion related to the Strong CP problem.
* **Peccei-Quinn mechanism**: The mechanism introducing the QCD axion.
* **Strong CP problem**: The puzzle of why CP violation is extremely small in strong interactions.
* **Axion-Like Particles (ALPs)**: A broader class of pseudoscalars similar to axions.
* **Warm Dark Matter (WDM)**: A type of dark matter potentially addressed by keV-scale sterile neutrinos.
* **Asymmetric DM**: Dark matter where a particle-antiparticle asymmetry explains the relic density.
* **SIMPs (Strongly Interacting Massive Particles)**: Another hypothetical dark matter candidate.
* **Fuzzy Dark Matter**: An ultra-light scalar field dark matter candidate.
* **Hidden sectors**: Hypothetical sectors of particles interacting weakly with the Standard Model.
* **Mono-X + MET**: A common search strategy for dark matter at colliders.
* **Annual Modulation Searches**: Direct detection experiments looking for a periodic variation in event rate.
* **DAMA/LIBRA**: A direct detection experiment claiming a positive annual modulation signal.
* **COSINE-100, ANAIS**: Direct detection experiments that have not confirmed the DAMA/LIBRA signal.
* **Dual-Phase Noble Liquid Time Projection Chambers (TPCs)**: A type of direct detection technology.
* **Cryogenic Bolometers**: A type of direct detection technology offering low energy thresholds.
* **Directional Detectors**: Direct detection experiments aiming to measure the direction of recoiling nuclei.
* **Halo**: The distribution of dark matter surrounding galaxies.
* **Annihilation cross-section (⟨σv⟩)**: A measure of the probability of dark matter particles annihilating.
* **Gamma rays, neutrinos, positrons, antiprotons, antideuterons**: Potential signals from dark matter annihilation or decay.
* **Galactic Center**: The center of the Milky Way, a target for indirect dark matter searches.
* **Galaxy Clusters**: Large structures containing dark matter, targets for indirect detection.
* **The Sun/Earth**: Celestial bodies where dark matter can accumulate and annihilate.
* **Mediator Searches**: Collider searches looking for particles connecting the Standard Model to dark matter.
* **Long-Lived Particle Searches**: Collider searches for particles that travel a measurable distance before decaying.
* **g_aγγ**: The coupling constant of axions to photons.
* **Haloscopes**: Experiments searching for dark matter axions converting into microwave photons.
* **ADMX**: A leading axion haloscope experiment.
* **CAPP, HAYSTAC, ORGAN**: Other axion haloscope experiments.
* **Helioscopes**: Experiments searching for solar axions converting into X-rays.
* **CAST**: A leading axion helioscope experiment at CERN.
* **IAXO**: A future axion helioscope project.
* **Light-Shining-Through-Wall (LSW)**: Laboratory experiments searching for axions by photon regeneration.
* **ALPS II**: A leading LSW experiment at DESY.
* **Bullet Cluster**: A galaxy cluster merger providing constraints on dark matter self-interaction.
* **Lyman-α forest**: Absorption lines in quasar spectra used to probe large-scale structure and DM-baryon interactions.
* **Neutrino floor (or fog)**: The point where coherent scattering of neutrinos becomes an irreducible background in direct detection.
* **Spin-Independent (SI) and Spin-Dependent (SD) scattering**: Types of interactions sought in direct dark matter detection.
* **TeV scale**: An energy scale often associated with Beyond the Standard Model physics.
* **Hierarchy problem**: The large discrepancy between the electroweak scale and the Planck scale.
* **SUSY (Supersymmetry)**: A theoretical framework relating fermions and bosons.
* **Lightest Neutralino (LSP)**: A potential WIMP candidate in SUSY.
* **Strong CP problem**: The issue of unexpectedly small CP violation in strong interactions.
* **Misalignment mechanism**: A production mechanism for axions in the early universe.
* **Cold Dark Matter (CDM)**: Dark matter composed of non-relativistic particles.
* **Warm Dark Matter (WDM)**: Dark matter with slightly higher velocities than CDM.
* **keV scale**: An energy scale relevant for some sterile neutrino dark matter candidates.
* **μeV-meV range**: Typical mass range for axions.
* **GeV-TeV range**: Typical mass range for WIMPs.
* **Chameleon screening mechanisms**: A way for dark energy fields to evade local gravity tests.
* **Dark photon**: A hypothetical gauge boson associated with gauged quintessence.
* **Pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone Bosons (pNGBs)**: Naturally light scalar particles, like axions, potential candidates for quintessence.
* **Dilaton**: A scalar field in string theory related to the strength of gravity.
* **Moduli fields**: Scalar fields in string theory associated with the geometry of extra dimensions.
* **Supergroups, Lee-Wick theories**: Unconventional symmetry structures explored in BSM physics.
* **ATLAS and CMS**: The two main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
* **Squarks, Gluinos, Sleptons, Charginos, Neutralinos**: Supersymmetric partners of Standard Model particles.
* **R-parity Violation (RPV SUSY)**: SUSY scenarios where the Lightest Supersymmetric Particle (LSP) can decay.
* **Large Extra Dimensions (ADD Model)**: A model with Standard Model fields on a brane and gravity propagating in a higher-dimensional bulk.
* **Warped Extra Dimensions (RS Model)**: Models with non-factorizable geometry and branes, addressing the hierarchy problem.
* **Kaluza-Klein (KK) excitations**: Higher-dimensional versions of Standard Model particles appearing in extra dimension theories.
* **Composite Higgs Models**: Models where the Higgs is a composite particle arising from a new strong interaction.
* **Vector-Like Quarks (VLQs)**: Heavy quark partners predicted in composite Higgs models.
* **Kappa-formalism, SMEFT**: Frameworks for analyzing Higgs coupling measurements.
* **High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)**: An upgrade to the LHC expected to improve precision measurements.
* **ILC, FCC-ee, CEPC**: Future lepton colliders with high precision measurement potential.
* **Two-Higgs-Doublet Models (2HDMs)**: Extensions of the Standard Model with an additional Higgs doublet.
* **Electric Dipole Moments (EDMs)**: Sensitive probes of new CP-violating physics.
* **Quantum Gravity (QG)**: Theories aiming to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity.
* **Planck scale**: The energy scale at which quantum gravitational effects are expected to be significant.
* **Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies and non-Gaussianity**: Subtle variations in the CMB potentially revealing QG effects.
* **Primordial Gravitational Waves (B-mode polarization)**: Gravitational waves from the early universe, a potential probe of near-Planckian physics.
* **Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV)**: A potential breakdown of Lorentz invariance at the Planck scale.
* **Standard Model Extension (SME)**: An effective field theory framework to parameterize LIV effects.
* **Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs)**: The highest energy cosmic rays, potentially affected by QG.
* **Gravitational Wave Echoes**: Delayed signals after black hole mergers, potentially indicating quantum structure near horizons.
* **Stochastic GW Background**: A background of gravitational waves from the early universe.
* **Varying Fundamental Constants**: The idea that fundamental constants might not be truly constant.
* **Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactor**: A geological site providing constraints on the variation of fundamental constants.
* **JUNO**: An upcoming neutrino experiment.
* **T2K, NOvA**: Current neutrino oscillation experiments.
* **Neutrinoless double beta decay**: A hypothetical process whose detection would indicate Majorana nature of neutrinos.
This list provides a range of entities, from alternative theoretical frameworks to specific experiments and even theoretical problems within established models, highlighting the diverse landscape beyond the most commonly discussed topics.