MST - Dark Matter v1: The Residual-Coherence Hypothesis

We propose that the observed density of dark matter (DM) in galaxies traces their time-integrated star-formation rate (SFR) more closely than their present-day baryonic mass. Within the Multi-Simulation Thesis (MST) framework, DM is interpreted as a residual coherence, a stable gravitational imprint left by historical non-equilibrium events such as stellar feedback and supernova outflows. While MST can be viewed as a computational analogy, its coherence dynamics are treated here as physically testable within gravitational systems. Conceptually, DM may be understood as the universe’s version of dust, the residue that gathers wherever there has been motion, light, or life. Just as dust accumulates in the corners of inhabited places, the cosmos leaves behind gravitational residue of motion, memory, and presence where stars once formed, galaxies spun, and energy passed through. It is the quiet evidence of activity: the memory written into spacetime itself. This Residual-Coherence Hypothesis (RCH) yields a clear, falsifiable prediction: weak-lensing DM density maps should correlate more strongly with reconstructed SFR histories (z ≈ 0–6) than with current baryonic mass. A positive result would imply that DM is not particulate matter but a spacetime memory of past energy throughput, the cosmic dust of creation, potentially resolving long-standing ΛCDM tensions and explaining the persistent null results of particle-detection experiments.