>>704474"Mystic" matter is matter that does not behave like ordinary baryonic or leptonic matter—something that may interact weakly with normal matter, violate energy conditions, or have strange mechanical/field properties.
In physics, we often model such matter using hypothetical fields rather than classical particles.
Candidate field types:
a) Ghost or Phantom Fields
Definition: Fields with negative kinetic energy, often written in Lagrangian form with the wrong sign:
𝐿=–1/2 ∂𝜇𝜙∂𝜇𝜙−𝑉(𝜙)
Can produce repulsive gravity.
Violate the null energy condition (NEC), which is why they’re often invoked in exotic cosmology (e.g., phantom dark energy, wormholes).
May “move backwards” energetically in a sense—more like anti-matter in energy density rather than charge.
Applications: Hypothetical warp drives, wormholes, dark energy models.
b) Exotic Matter Fields
Often described as matter that:
Has negative mass.
Violates standard energy conditions (NEC, WEC, SEC).
Is stable only in hypothetical settings.
Can be scalar, vector, or tensor fields.
Often invoked in:
Alcubierre drive (warp bubble requires “negative energy density”)
Wormholes (traversable ones require exotic matter)
Cosmological inflation (scalar fields with strange potentials)
c) Torsion or Spinor Fields
Hypothetical matter could also be modeled with:
Torsion fields (from Einstein–Cartan theory), which interact with spin rather than mass.
Non-standard spinor fields, like Elko spinors, which have unusual Lorentz properties and could mimic dark or exotic matter.
d) Ghost Condensates
A type of scalar field that settles into a vacuum with negative kinetic term, forming a “condensate” with stable but exotic properties.
Can act like phantom matter while avoiding catastrophic instabilities.
2. Properties These Fields Could Give “Mystic” Matter
Invisibility or weak coupling: Could interact only gravitationally or via exotic forces.
Negative energy density: Could repel normal matter.
Superluminal or nonlocal behavior (hypothetical): Can “teleport” effects via field gradients.
Tunable equation of state: Energy vs. pressure ratio can be strange (e.g., 𝑤 < −1 for phantom).