Successful Predictions And Retrodictions Of The SSCP

The self-consistency and universality of the discrete self-similar scaling equations of the SSCP have been subjected to many tests. The following is a partial list of the successful predictions and retrodictions that have been achieved by the Self-Similar Cosmological Paradigm. Details are discussed in the “Selected Papers” and “New Developments” sections of this website.

1. The abundance of red dwarf stars.
2. The abundance of white dwarf stars.
3. Lower limit radii for red dwarf stars.
4. Average radii for white dwarf stars.
5. The range of radii for white dwarf stars.
6. The overall range of radii for stars.
7. Typical spin periods of pulsars.
8. The range of radii for galaxies.
9. Typical spin periods for galaxies.
10. The geometric shapes of atomic nuclei and galaxies.
11. Average mass of white dwarf stars.
12. Lower mass limit of white dwarf stars.
13. The K_s/K_a ratio for the J = K_iM² relationships of stars and atoms.
14. The Δ_s/Δ_a ratio for the μ = Δ_iJ relationships on the Stellar and Atomic Scales.
15. The global 160 minute g-mode oscillation of the Sun.
16. Magnetic dipole moment ranges for atomic nuclei and neutron stars.
17. Preferred periods for white dwarf stars.
18. The range of oscillation periods for neutron stars.
19. Keplerian period/radius laws for variable stars and Rydberg atoms.
20. The ratio of K_s/K_a from the P² = K_iR³ relationships of stars and atoms.
21. Successful prediction of pulsar/planet systems.
22. Evidence for dark matter peaks at 8 x 10^-5 M_¤, 0.15 M_¤ and 0.58 M_¤.
23. Steep drop in the stellar mass function below 0.15 M_¤.
24. Gap in the stellar mass function at about 0.73 M_¤.
25. Prediction of an anomalously low exoplanet abundance for the lowest mass red dwarf stars (0.1 to 0.25 M_¤).
26. Preferred mass peaks in the white dwarf mass spectrum.
27. Decreased upper limit for masses of single stars.
28. Revised upper limits to the observed radii of stars and atoms.
29. Active galaxy oscillation periods of about 10⁷ years.
30. Self-similar scaling between stellar activity cycles and e^- spin transitions.
31. Discrete self-similarity between RR Lyrae stars and excited He atoms.
32. Discrete self-similarity between δ Scuti stars and excited C atoms.
33. Discrete self-similarity between ZZ Ceti stars and excited He⁺ ions.
34. Radius of the proton.
35. Mass of the proton.
36. Approximate radius of the alpha particle.
37. Potential resolution of the vacuum energy density crisis.
38. Discrete self-similarity between SX Phoenicis stars and excited boron atoms.
39. Prediction of planets orbiting ultracompact stellar-mass objects (in 1989), e.g., pulsar/planet systems, before they were first discovered in 1996.
40. Definitive prediction of billions of unbound planetary-mass objects (UPMOs) throughout the Galaxy (Oldershaw, Astrophysical Journal, 322, 34-36, 1987), which were discovered in 2011 (Sumi et al, Nature, 473, 349-352, May 2011).