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WHY NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICS?
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... Over the last several years there has been striking confirmation of the astronomical predictions of solar neutrinos. The Kamiokande water Cerenkov detector located in the Japanese alps has identified solar neutrinos by their directionality, measured by observing the direction of recoil electrons from neutrino interactions r4,51.
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Key Terms

  • fusion reactions
  • energy scale
  • nuclear fusion
  • water cerenkov
  • solar neutrino

  • neutrino experiment
  • detected solar
  • grand unified
  • light elements
  • gallex experiment

  • test directly
  • theories called
  • neutrinos using
  • background radiation
  • remarkable scientific

  • using gallium
  • occur near
  • radiation predict
  • basic ideas
  • kamiokande water

  • neutrino properties
  • theories concerning
  • relic neutrinos
  • cerenkov detector
  • dramatic confirmation

  • primary component
  • elementary particles
  • microwave background
  • concerning stellar
  • practical solar


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