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Solar neutrino experiments and neutrino oscillations [electronic resource].

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Upton, N.Y. : Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1981.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 14 : digital, PDF file
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Brookhaven National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
This report gives the results of the Brookhaven solar neutrino experiment that is based upon the neutrino capture reaction, /sup 37/Cl(..nu..,e/sup -/)/sup 37/Ar. The experiment was built in 1967 to test the theory of solar energy production, and it is well known that the neutrino capture rate in the detector is lower than that expected from theoretical models of the sun. The results will be compared to the current solar model calculations. One possible explanation of the low solar neutrino capture rate is that the neutrinos oscillate between two or more neutrino states, a topic of particular interest to this conference. This question is discussed in relation to the /sup 37/Cl experiment, and to other solar neutrino detectors that are capable of observing the lower energy neutrinos from the sun. A radiochemical solar neutrino detector located deep underground has a very low background and is capable of detecting the monoenergetic neutrinos from megacurie sources of radioisotopes that decay by electron capture. Experiments of this nature are described that are capable of testing for neutrino oscillations with a omicronm/sup 2/ as low as 0.2 eV/sup 2/ if there is maximum mixing between two neutrino states.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:bnl-29440
E 1.99: conf-810135-3
conf-810135-3
bnl-29440
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1981.
"bnl-29440"
" conf-810135-3"
Neutrino oscillation workshop, Upton, NY, USA, 30 Jan 1981.
Davis, R. Jr.; Rowley, J.K.; Cleveland, B.T.
Funding Information
AC02-76CH00016
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