Uncertainties in the calculation of solar-neutrino capture rates

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6159079· OSTI ID:6159079

Filippone, B W

A detailed estimate is presented of the possible uncertainty range for the neutrino flux from a standard solar model. Using present estimated errors in the key input parameters, detailed solar models are calculated to give an uncertainty in the theoretical nu/sub e/ capture rate in both the on-going /sup 37/Cl experiment and the proposed experiment using /sup 71/Ga. The uncertainty in capture rate is investigated by considering individual parameter variations about a mean model, by simultaneously varying several key parameters to yield upper and lower limits, and by a Monte Carlo method.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6159079
• Report Number(s): CONF-810767-7; ON: DE83009598
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics, Honolulu, Maui, HI, USA, 1 Jul 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
RADIATION FLUX
CAPTURE
ERRORS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
LIMITING VALUES
NEUTRINO DETECTION
STAR MODELS
THEORETICAL DATA
DATA
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
INFORMATION
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NEUTRINOS
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
640104* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena