Solar Neutrinos
The First Thirty Years
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, General Physics
| Author: | Raymond Davis, Jr. | ISBN: | 9780429982446 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press | Publication: | May 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | CRC Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Raymond Davis, Jr. |
| ISBN: | 9780429982446 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Publication: | May 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | CRC Press |
| Language: | English |
A variety of evolutionary sequences of models for the solar interior has been computed, corresponding to variations in input data, to obtain some idea of the uncertainties involved in predicting a solar neutrino flux. It is concluded that the neutrino flux can be estimated to within a factor of 2, the primary uncertainty being the initial homogeneous solar composition; detailed results are given. With a preferred value of the heavy-element-to-hydrogen ratio Z/X = 0.028, the helium content necessary to fit a model to the observed solar luminosity is found to be Y = 0.27.
A variety of evolutionary sequences of models for the solar interior has been computed, corresponding to variations in input data, to obtain some idea of the uncertainties involved in predicting a solar neutrino flux. It is concluded that the neutrino flux can be estimated to within a factor of 2, the primary uncertainty being the initial homogeneous solar composition; detailed results are given. With a preferred value of the heavy-element-to-hydrogen ratio Z/X = 0.028, the helium content necessary to fit a model to the observed solar luminosity is found to be Y = 0.27.
