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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
KamLAND Verifies the Sun
Explanation:
A large sphere beneath Japan has helped verify humanity's understanding of the inner workings of the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The KamLAND sphere [ http://kamland.lbl.…], shown above during construction in 2001, fails to detect [ http://hep.stanford…] fundamental particles [ http://particleadve…] called anti-neutrinos [ http://hep.stanford…] that are known to be emitted by nearby nuclear reactors around Japan [ http://www.cia.gov/…]. This triumphant failure can best be explained by neutrinos oscillating [ http://hep.stanford…] between different types. KamLAND [ http://hep.stanford…]'s results bolster previous neutrino oscillation [ http://www.ps.uci.e…] claims including that from the Sudbury detector [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], a similar large sphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] beneath Canada [ http://www.cia.gov/…] designed to detect all types of neutrinos [ http://www.ps.uci.e…] from the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Thus, leading astrophysicists now consider the long standing solar neutrino deficit problem [ http://math.ucr.edu…] as finally solved. A new mystery that replaces it is to find a new Standard Model [ http://particleadve…] for particle physics [ http://particleadve…] that fully explains neutrino oscillations.
Credit and Copyright:
KamLAND Collaboration [ http://www.awa.toho…]
facet_when:
2001
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Japan
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Sun
facet_when_year:
2001
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap030623

KamLAND Verifies the Sun
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