Evidence of Dark Matter within the Solar System?

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Recent discussions on dark matter within the solar system highlight conflicting findings from two articles: one claims no dark matter is detected near the Solar System, while the other suggests its presence close to the Sun. Participants express interest in the potential for future direct studies of dark matter, with ongoing projects like the AMS-02 experiment and underground detectors currently investigating dark matter candidates. The conversation also touches on the nature of dark matter, questioning how it possesses mass if it only interacts gravitationally, and whether it could be studied through particle colliders. The complexity of dark matter's interactions, particularly its lack of electromagnetic charge, is emphasized, with comparisons made to neutrinos and neutrons in terms of their behavior with matter. Overall, the dialogue reflects a mix of skepticism and curiosity about the future of dark matter research.
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The idea I liked about detecting dark matter was to look for effects inside neutron stars. The gravity of the star would attract the dark matter and there are a great many neutrons there, so if the dark matter interacts weakly it should have some effect, perhaps on the viscosity.

The trouble is that this is at best a second-order effect. We would have to understand neutron star physics so precisely that deviations of the viscosity from the model would be significant, and we are a long way from that.
 

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