scholarly journals Solar Neutrino Projects

1990 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
M. Spiro ◽  
D. Vignaud
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Water ◽  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Sources

AbstractAn overview of the solar neutrino projects is given, with an emphasis on the complementarity of the different experiments (gallium, indium, heavy water,...) to solve the solar neutrino problem that was raised by the chlorine and the Kamiokande results. The separation of the different sources of neutrinos in the Sun would contribute significantly to the astrophysical understanding of the Sun. Some of the planned experiments could be able to pinpoint neutrino oscillations (within a wide range of parameters) almost independently of solar models. Projects which are particularly sensitive to a variation of the neutrino flux with time are also discussed.

ON THE COHERENCE CONDITION FOR RESONANT SPIN-FLAVOR PRECESSION OF MAJORANA SOLAR NEUTRINOS

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (06) ◽  
pp. 1309-1314
Author(s):  
RAUL HORVAT
Keyword(s):  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Solar Neutrinos ◽  
Sunspot Activity ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem ◽  
Mass Eigenstates ◽  
Flavor Changing ◽  
Solar Neutrino Flux

One of the most attractive solutions to the solar-neutrino problem (including an anticorrelation of the solar-neutrino flux with sunspot activity) incorporates a Majorana neutrino having a flavor-changing transition moment as large as (0.1–1)×10−10 Bohr magnetons. This solution is compatible with all known laboratory, astrophysical and cosmological bounds. Here we show the consistency of the solution with the coherence condition for effective-mass eigenstates inside the sun.

scholarly journals PARTICLE PHYSICS CONFRONTS THE SOLAR NEUTRINO PROBLEM

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (22) ◽  
pp. 5387-5459 ◽  
Author(s):  
PALASH B. PAL
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Time Variation ◽  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Near Future

This review has four parts. In Part I, we describe the reactions that produce neutrinos in the sun and the expected flux of those neutrinos on the earth. We then discuss the detection of these neutrinos, and how the results obtained differ from the theoretical expectations, leading to what is known as the solar neutrino problem. In Part II, we show how neutrino oscillations can provide a solution to the solar neutrino problem. This includes vacuum oscillations, as well as matter enhanced oscillations. In Part III, we discuss the possibility of time variation of the neutrino flux and how a magnetic moment of the neutrino can explain the phenomenon. We also discuss particle physics models which can give rise to the required values of magnetic moments. In Part IV, we present some concluding remarks and outlook for the near future.

The Solar Neutrino Problem Revisited

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lattanzio
Keyword(s):  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem

The discrepancy between the observed and predicted flux of neutrinos from the Sun is well known. Past attempts at reconciling this difference have been unconvincing (Kuchowicz 1976, Rood 1978), and hence investigations in this area continue.

Solar Neutrino Problem

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. R. Prentice
Keyword(s):  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem ◽  
Predicted Values

A major crisis facing theoretical nuclear astronomers and physicists today is the apparently very low flux of neutrinos emitted by the Sun. Davis et al. report a measurement of 1.5 ± 1 s.n.u. (1 s.n.u. = 10−36 capture/Cl37/sec) which is a factor of 6 or so smaller than the theoretically predicted values. Numerous suggestions, often quite bizarre, have been made to account for the low flux, but so far no convincing explanation has been offered – see Fowler.

The Solar Neutrino Problem

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 318-322
Author(s):  
D.J. Faulkner
Keyword(s):  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Count Rate ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Experimental Limit ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
The Subject

A few years ago Fowler (1972) published a paper in which he proposed two ‘desperate explanations’ for the solar neutrino problem. Desperation continues to be characteristic of the subject, for, in spite of many investigations over recent years, there is still no unambiguously successful model satisfying all the observational features of the Sun and giving a predicted neutrino count rate below the Davis (1972) experimental limit.

scholarly journals Brief Review of Solar Models and Solar Neutrino Experiments

1993 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
Douglas R.O. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Input Data ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Solar Neutrinos ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Evolutionary Models ◽  
Solar Neutrino Problem ◽  
Neutrino Experiments

AbstractSolar Evolutionary Models are briefly reviewed and while the models are robust, there are uncertainties in the input data which justify rather larger errors. The 1992 experimental results from GALLEX, SAGE II and Kamiokande are shown to be consistent with calculated fluxes of solar neutrinos whereas the Chlorine results continue to be significantly low though this experiment has a problem with the high variability with time of its results in contradiction to Kamiokande. It is concluded that the evidence for a solar neutrino problem is not compelling and New Physics are not demanded. Further experiments are essential to search for neutrino masses and to study the Sun.

On the investigation of the internal structure of the sun by means of neutrino radiation studies

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S491-S493
Author(s):  
V. A. Dergachov ◽  
G. E. Kocharov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Spectrum ◽  
Experimental Determination ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Gravitational Constant ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Neutrino Radiation ◽  
Solar Neutrino Flux

We consider the possibilities of investigating the internal structure of the sun using the energy spectrum and the intensity of its neutrino radiation. The experimental determination of the solar neutrino flux will permit us to obtain values for some parameters which are important for the theory of the internal structure of the sun (e.g. the time for evolution and the concentrations of various isotopes in the interior). It is also possible to decide whether or not the gravitational constant varies with time.

TIME VARIATIONS IN KAMIOKANDE SOLAR NEUTRINO DATA

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (22) ◽  
pp. 2003-2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
PROBHAS RAYCHAUDHURI
Keyword(s):  
Solar Activity ◽  
Solar Neutrino ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
Activity Cycle ◽  
Solar Activity Cycle ◽  
Neutrino Experiment ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Flux Data ◽  
Solar Neutrino Flux

Solar neutrino flux (Eν ≥ 7.5 MeV ) data from 1st January to April 1990 as measured in Kamiokande solar neutrino experiment have been analyzed statistically and have found that the solar neutrino data varies with the solar activity cycle with very high statistical significance (> 98% confidence level). Average solar neutrino flux data in the sunspot minimum range cannot be equal to twice the average solar neutrino flux data in the sunspot maximum range, which suggests that the neutrino flip through the magnetic field of the convection zone of the sun is not responsible for the solar neutrino flux variation. Thus the variation of solar neutrino flux with the solar activity cycle suggests that the solar activity cycle is due to the pulsating character of the nuclear energy generation inside the core of the sun.

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