IMPLICATIONS OF QUATERNIONIC DARK-MATTER

Taking the complex nature of quantum mechanics which we observe today as a low energy effect of a broken quaternionic theory we explore the possibility that dark matter arises as a consequence of this underlyin g quatemionic structure to our universe, We introduce a low energy, ef fective, Lagrangian which incorporates the remnants of a local quatemi onic algebra, investigate the stellar production of the resultant exot ic bosons and explore the possible low energy consequences of our remn ant extended Hilbert space. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.