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Here's the article in Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v512/n7515/full/nature13702.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v512/n7515/full/nature
by ISL 12y ago
Here's the article in Nature:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v512/n7515/full/nature13702.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v512/n7515/full/nature1...
The abstract is much more useful than the Symmetry Magazine summary. Physicists have been measuring solar neutrinos for decades, and doing so in real time. The important news here is that they've detected the p-p neutrinos for the first time. It's a long-sought detection.
Though it's tiny in the Nature preview, Figure 3 is the result.
Congratulations, Borexino!
The Scientific American article is also more instructive:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solar-neutrinos-detected-borexino/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solar-neutrinos-de...