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Is solar neutrino capture rate correlated with sunspot number?The statistical significance of the apparent correlation between sunspots and the observed neutrino rate is quantified. It is shown that the correlation depends almost entirely upon four low neutrino capture rates near the beginning of 1980. A calculation based on standard electroweak theory and neutrino production processes demonstrates that a correlation, if real, would be extremely puzzling on energetic grounds alone. It is concluded that measurements with the Cl-37 detector during the next sunspot cycle will be needed to show that there is a physical correlation, since the existing data are not statistically significant at a definitive level.
Document ID
19880023126
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Bahcall, J. N.
(Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Field, G. B.
(Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Press, W. H.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor
Volume: 320
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
88A10353
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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