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Critical review of the results of the Homestake solar neutrino experiment

2002/11/25 by Paolo Walter Cattaneo, Cattaneo, Paolo Walter
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0211534

7 pages Latex, Submitted to A&A

arxiv created 2002/11/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The radiochemical experiment in the Homestake mine was designed to measure the solar neutrino flux through the detection of 37Ar produced in the reaction νe + 37Cl \longrightarrow e-+37Ar. The comparison between this measurement and the theoretical predictions from solar models evidences a substantial disagreement. I reanalyzed the data evidencing a bias with high statistical significance and suggesting a new interpretation of the data.

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