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 iiux, 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.

Solar neutrino detection / L. Miramonti - In: Cosmic rays and astrophysics : proceedings of the 3. school on cosmic rays and astrophysics, Arequipa, Perú, 25 August-5 September 2008 / [a cura di] C. J. Solano Salinas, J. Bellido, D. Wahl, O. Saavedra. - Melville, NY : American institute of physics, 2009 Apr 30. - ISBN 978-0-7354-0659-9. - pp. 166-173 (( Intervento presentato al 3. convegno School on cosmic rays and astrophysics tenutosi a Arequipa , Perù nel 2008 [10.1063/1.3141352].

Solar neutrino detection

L. Miramonti
Primo
2009

Abstract

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 iiux, 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.
Solar neutrinos
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
30-apr-2009
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