1. Invisible matter in the solar system: new observational evidence
Konstantin Zioutas
University of Patras / Greece
Collaboration work with:
Sergio Bertolucci, Horst Fischer, Sebastian Hofmann, Marios Maroudas
[ ] S. Bertolucci et al., Phys. Dark Universe 17 (2017) 13, and ref’s therein.
New solar data received from:
M.J. Aschwanden / Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto / USA
>> New list of the GOES solar Flares
D.H. Brooks / Virginia/ USA >> coronal element abundances
D. Utz / IGAM, Institute of Physics, University of Graz /Austria
>> HINODE/SOT solar Magnetic Bright Points
IBS Conference on Dark World
30th October – 3rd November, 2017
KAIST Munji Campus, Daejeon, Korea
2nd November 2017

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The question towards this work ….
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3. ? Dark sector signatures are not expected!
- WIMPs
- Photon (dis)-
appearance
Solar / terrestrial behavior is unexpected
Dark sector signatures are not expected!
Within known physics
The unnoticed manifestation of the Dark sector ?
Intrinsic?
External?

4. Solar Flares Solar Corona Ionosphere too long remain unanswered!
unpredictable mysteries
one of the most important challenges in solar physics [1]
one of the fundamental problems
in space science [2].
Solar Corona
[1] V. Polito et al., ApJ 816 (2016) 89 ;
[2] J.A. Klimchuk et al. , PASJ (2017);
[3] E.V. Appleton, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A162 (1937) 451; .
Ionosphere
a long-standing unexplained annual anomaly [3]:
ρe(DEC) > ρe(JUNE)
too long remain unanswered!
MBPs + solar composition

5. ? Planetary (and solar) gravitational focusing of
The working hypothesis:
Planetary (and solar) gravitational focusing of
non-relativistic “invisible massive particles”
The focused invisible streaming matter interacts
somehow with solar / planetary atmospheres 
Repeating activity enhancement every
time the planetary alignment occurs
Timing = Θlongitude
Search for planetary correlations ?
origin

6. Flares
Thanks to Markus J. Aschwanden !

7. EARTH

8. VENUS
BIN=12o

9. MERCURY Original Original - Random BIN=8o ALL FLARES original BIN=18o
Eccentricity removed
BIN=18o

10. MERCURY
LARGE FLARES
SMALL FLARES !
BIN=8o
>> orbits

11. Flares =/=> f(Θlongitude)
MERCURY
Large/ALL…
BIN=8o
..removes eccentricity
Known physics:
Flares =/=> f(Θlongitude)
=> Residuals ≈ 1
This work:
- Flare-energy dependent
planetary correlation
 unknown physics 
- Narrow peak(s) exclude
gravitational tidal forces

12. Combined planetary effects

13. MERCURY  VENUS EXCESS/RANDOM >45%  dominating planetary impact 
Distributions of M-class solar flares as a function of Mercury’s heliocentric longitude with the constraint of Venus being at longitude between 215°–305° (top) and between 35°–125° (bottom). The dotted black lines represent the expected number of flares if they were equally distributed in time. (BIN=14.4o)
EXCESS/RANDOM >45%
 dominating planetary impact 
3 NARROW PEAKS =/=> tidal forces

14. MERCURY 
VENUS
ALL Flares
BIN=18o

15. ALL Flares
VENUS 
EARTH
BIN=4o ? !

16. ALL Flares
MERCURY 
EARTH
G.C.?
BIN=4o

17. ALL Flares
VENUS 
EARTH
G.C.?
~20o
BIN=4o

18. ALL Flares
EARTH 
MERCURY
G.C.?
BIN=1.5o
BIN=3o
BIN=3o

19. ALL Flares
EARTH 
JUPITER
G.C.?
BIN=3o
BIN=3o

20. ! !? FWHM more narrow ~3x ALL Flares If JUPITER-EARTH aligned: EARTH 
G.C.?
BIN=3o
BIN=1.5o !
If JUPITER-EARTH aligned:
FWHM more narrow ~3x !?

21. Beyond Flares-EUV: Ionosphere…
… anomalies lasting for some decades
>>> First obs’ 1937

22. TECUs/d = f(MOONPHASE)
VENUS 
MERCURY
BIN=4o
TECUs/d = f(MOONPHASE) x

23. Beyond Flares-EUV: MBPs
Dominik Utz, FWF Project: The interaction of the solar granulation with small-scale magnetic fields (MBPs).
D. Utz, et al.,

24. Magnetic Bright Points
Small scale magnetic flux concentrations
kG fields
~ 200 km diameters
Bright (especially in the G-band)
Found in intergranular regions
Lifetimes in min. range
Theoretical Models
Single isolated flux tubes
In the higher atmosphere canopy structue
Created by convective collapse process

25. D. Utz: excluding ARs, incomplete image transfers, etc. 

26. MBPs – planetary relations
14%
10%
VENUS EARTH !

27. Beyond Flares-EUV: Solar composition
The 27-day running average ratio coronal (AC) to photospheric (AP) composition in the Sun’s corona
THANKS to David Brooks!
DH Brooks, Baker, van Driel-Gesztelyi, Warren, Nature Comm.  8 (3rd Aug 2017) 183

28. ! Solar-element-abundances – planetary correlations EARTH
MERCURY  VENUS
BIN=15o
14% !
DH Brooks, D Baker, L van Driel-Gesztelyi, HP Warren, Nature Comm.8 (3rd August 2017) 183

29. “Solar composition problem”
The mystery of the
sun’s missing matter
“perhaps we are looking at
the sun in the wrong way”
S. Palus, NEW SCIENTIST (18th Oct. 2017)

30. Conclusions The analysis of more data:
Supports the working hypothesis that streaming invisible particles are focused by the planets and trigger the onset of diverse phenomena.
Confirms an even more striking peaking distribution (in planetary longitudes) of solar activity and the electron content of the Ionosphere; tidal related effects are excluded, with the planetary working hypothesis remaining as the only viable scheme.
The nature of the ‘invisible matter’ ? Anti-quark nuggets are presently the best candidate and they deserve further consideration.
First indication of an invisible stream from the galactic center direction is fitting-in solar + ionosphere data >> FWHM = f(planetary configuration)!
We strongly suggest the re-analysis of Dark Matter exp’s like DAMA, KIMS,…, but also other solar system observations.
DM searches can profit from temporal signal enhancement like: Sikivie effect, ABRACADABRA, Dish Antenna, CASPEr, EDM osci’s in storage rings.
Therefore, ….

31. The Dark World is not dark!
THANK YOU

32. Additional slides

33. Three cases are calculated:
Left columne: a particle starts at rest at 12 AU and 266 degrees longitude,
Middle: initial velocity of the particle at 12 AU is 70m/s
Right: the particle moves with speed of light. From Saturn it would reach the sun in 1.5 hours and
we could not observe any angular shift within our resolution or binning, respectively.
The table gives the „observed“ position of a planet for that moment when an event is
observed at the sun and the planet was crossing a stream of DM at 266 longitude.
Horst Fischer

34. ONE OF 4 INITIAL POISSON DISTRIBUTIONS mean value = 25
SIGMA/MEAN ~ 20%
MULTIPLICATION OF 4 POISSON DISTRIBUTIONS
each with mean=25  SIGMA/MEAN ~ 40%
CONCLUSION: multiplying random distributions => NO PEAKS

35. Solar flaring activityEUV emission
MERCURY 
VENUS
FLARES/EUV
Solar flaring activityEUV emission
= corona
>>> (partly) common origin?

36. UNIVERSE SUN
~3000K
~6000K
± MK

37. EUV 
X-Flares
40d
12%

38. Visible 
130-Flares