Prephysics Research Programme

Der blinde Fleck der Kosmologie

Dark matter, dark energy and a possible modelling error — published in German.

Published German edition

Der blinde Fleck der Kosmologie

What if 95 per cent of the universe can, at least in part, be explained differently? The book takes the measurements seriously and audits the inference from discrepancy to hidden cosmic content.

Subtitle: Dunkle Materie, Dunkle Energie und ein möglicher Modellfehler
Authors: Harald Zierhut · Thomas Schwarz
Published: 30 May 2026
Length: 396 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8196482151
ASIN: B0H3GPG8VF
Language: German

Available from Amazon.deScientific background

Open interim balance

Seven tests rather than a finished claim

The book presents an auditable balance and explicitly preserves the strongest counter-cases.

Satisfied

Supernovae and cosmic acceleration: a calculation without a cosmological constant reproduces the historical starting point.

Partly satisfied

Hubble tension, rotation curves and the CMB: mechanisms and direction are present; quantitative closure remains open.

Open

Structure formation and gravitational lensing: conceptual basis present, systematic quantification pending.

Not satisfied

Bullet Cluster: the observed mass–gas offset has not yet been reproduced within the averaging thesis.

FAQ

Frequently asked

Does the book claim that dark matter does not exist?

No. It asks whether the substance interpretation is sufficiently licensed in every relevant regime.

Is this an attack on ΛCDM?

No. The standard model remains extraordinarily successful. The audit concerns where its assumptions carry and where they must be made explicit.

What is the role of backreaction?

Backreaction is the possibility that cosmic structure and averaging affect the inferred large-scale dynamics.

What does the book build on?

On the scientific monograph Two Symptoms, One Failure and the methodological framework of Prephysics.