How does the sun shine?
Abstract
Neutrino astronomy was developed to test the theory that stars shine and evolve by burning light elements in their interiors. Five beautiful experiments have proven that the sun does shine by nuclear fusion reactions, but robust discrepancies between the standard predictions and the observations suggest that neutrinos exhibit physics beyond the standard model of electroweak interactions. I will review the neutrino and helioseismological evidence confirming solar fusion and suggesting new electroweak physics. Major new observatories are being built to search for smoking-gun evidence of non-standard neutrino phenomena.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #194
- Pub Date:
- May 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999AAS...194.2701B