Astronomy 210
Lecture 28, April 2
Spring 2018
Lecture Notes:
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How Does the Sun Shine?
Energy sources
Fusion in the Sun
Reactions and products
deuterium
positrons
neutrinos
Where does the
energy
come from?
A
prizewinning
theory
The Evidence: Solar
Neutrinos
Radiochemical experiments
The pioneer:
Ray Davis
and the
Homestake Mine
experiment
Scattering experiments
Super-Kamiokande
(Japan); Super-K
neutrino image
of the Sun
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
(Canada);
detector image
Borexino
in
Gran Sasso
, Italy
The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
Coda:
Cosmic Gall
, by
John Updike
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields
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