dark fluid
Noun
Meaning
dark fluid (uncountable)
(astronomy, cosmology) A linked phenomenon conjectured to explain dark matter and dark energy as different manifestations of the same underlying laws of gravity.
Examples
This treatment is a simplification of a previous fluid-like model called the generalized Chaplygin gas model in which the whole of spacetime is a compressible gas. citation Dark fluid can be compared to an atmospheric system.
Dark fluid combines dark matter and dark energy in a single energy field that produces different effects at different scales.
Dark fluid is an alternative explanation for accelerating expansion which attempts to unite dark matter and dark energy into a single framework.