Solar neutrino detection
- Physics department of Milano University and INFN (Italy)
More than 40 years ago, neutrinos where conceived as a way to test the validity of the solar models which tell us that stars are powered by nuclear fusion reactions. The first measurement of the neutrino flux, in 1968 in the Homestake mine in South Dakota, detected only one third of the expected value, originating what has been known as the Solar Neutrino Problem. Different experiments were built in order to understand the origin of this discrepancy. Now we know that neutrinos undergo oscillation phenomenon changing their nature traveling from the core of the Sun to our detectors. In the work the 40 year long saga of the neutrino detection is presented; from the first proposals to test the solar models to last real time measurements of the low energy part of the neutrino spectrum.
- OSTI ID:
- 21304830
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1123, Issue 1; Conference: 3. school on cosmic rays and astrophysics, Arequipa (Peru), 25 Aug - 5 Sep 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3141352; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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