The papers reprinted in this book depict a research field that is poised to answer some of the fundamental questions of twentieth-century physics and astronomy: How does the sun shine? What is the dark matter? Is there new physics beyond the standard model”?This book is of interest to students as well as active researchers in the scientific areas spanned by the reprinted papers, which include physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, and engineering. Historians of science, some of whom have already used the solar neutrino problem as a case study, will also find this collection a rich source of examples and insights. Solar Neutrinos gives on the special feeling of being present at the birth of a scientific field. The physical ideas are presented with a simplicity that is unusual in review of papers. By delving into the scientific landmarks reprinted here, one can see clearly how researchers-starting with a paucity of data and with conflicting hypothesis-struggled together to grope their way to a better understanding of the sun and of weak interaction physics.

Solar Neutrinos: The First Thirty Years (Frontiers in Physics)

Science & Math

Bahcall, John N.

EDITORS

Ulrich, Roger

R. Davis Jr.

Davis, "Raymond Jr."

Smirnov, Alexei

Roger Ulrich

Astronomy & Space Science

CRC-Press

<p>This authoritative text provides a lively, thought-provoking and informative summary of neutrino astrophysics. Neutrino astronomy is being revolutionized by the availability of new observational facilities. Theoretical work in astrophysics and in particle physics in increasing rapidly. The subject of solar neutrinos has many seemingly independent aspects, both in its theoretical basis (involving nuclear, atomic, and particle physics, geochemistry, and astronomy). For many physicists, solar neutrinos constitute the low-energy frontier of high-energy physics. Results from all these disciplines are combined here, providing a timely and unified discussion of the field. Each chapter begins with a succinct overview of material to be presented and ends with an annotated bibliography. For advanced undergraduate students, but will be essential reading for all researchers interested in the physics of neutrinos and what they reveal about the nature of the Universe.</p>

Neutrino Astrophysics

Cambridge University Press

These papers discuss theoretical aspects of neutrino astrophysics as related to recent experimental results. The lectures are on the fundamentals of solar model theories, including nuclear reactions, radiative opacities, equations of state, and various plasma effects. Another series of lectures present the basic elements of MSW theory and show its relation to solar neutrino experiments, to the theory of supernova explosions and to atmosphere neutrinos. These lectures also place MSW theory, and its related extensions, in the context of other recent developments in weak interaction theory. The role of neutrinos and other possible weakly interacting particles are described in conventional and unconventional cosmological theories; the relation of these ideas to recent cosmological observations is stressed. The consequences of the possible demonstration of a small neutrino mass of the order suggested by MSW theory is outlined in the context of a general discussion of physics beyond the standard electroweak model. In addition, special lectures are given on the status and plans of individual neutrino experiments, with some discussion of the possibilities of new terrestrial tests using reactors and accelerators. Also, special lectures on astronomical sources of high-energy neutrinos and on the ratio of electron-neutrinos to muon neutrinos in atmospheric neutrino experiments are presented.

Neutrino Astrophysics: Proceedings of the 10th Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics, Jerusalem, Israel, 29 December 1992-7 January 1993

Piran, T.

World Scientific Pub Co Inc

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