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The "dark matter" doesn't interact with our baryonic matter other than with gravity. Perhaps dark matter is composed of supersymmetric partners of the Standard Model particles. In any case, it is commonly presumed that these particles don't interact with each other, either. I wonder: could these mystery particles indeed interact with each other--but not with our normal stuff--using forces that don't affect our normal stuff? That is, the electric, strong, and weak forces don't affect dark matter so it behaves in a ghostly way with respect to us. But might there be X, Y, and Z forces that, in an analogous way, affect dark matter but not ordinary matter? If dark matter is indeed made up of SYSY particles, wouldn't the new Bosons cary forces?
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