학술논문

Solar flares as harbinger of new physics
Document Type
Working Paper
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Subject
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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Abstract
This work provides additional evidence on the involvement of exotic particles like axions and/or other WISPs, following recent measurements during the quietest Sun and flaring Sun. Thus, SPHINX mission observed a minimum basal soft X-rays emission in the extreme solar minimum in 2009. The same scenario (with ~17 meV axions) fits also the dynamical behaviour of white-light solar flares, like the measured spectral components in the visible and in soft X-rays, and, the timing between them. Solar chameleons remain a viable candidate, since they may preferentially convert to photons in outer space.
Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 7th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, 2011