Audio / Video

Solar Neutrinos

  • 01:01:18

Description

Solar neutrinos provide a unique opportunity to study neutrino physics and the nuclear reactions that produce the Sun’s energy. Borexino is a 300-ton liquid scintillator detector that is attempting to measure the full energy spectrum of solar neutrinos. Operations began in 2007 with a measurement of 7Be neutrinos, followed by measurements of pep and 8B neutrinos. The most recent result is a measurement of pp neutrinos that are produced in the primary reaction p + p → d + e⁺ + νₑ. Experimental methods that made these results possible will be described together with currents results and ongoing research toward lower background for a possible measurement of CNO neutrinos.

Details

Title

Solar Neutrinos

Creator

University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics

Published

Berkeley, CA, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Physics, October 19, 2015

Full Collection Name

Physics Colloquia

Type

Video

Format

Lecture.

Extent

1 streaming video file

Other Physical Details

digital, sd., col.

Archive

Physics Library

Note

Recorded at a colloquium held on October 19, 2015, sponsored by the Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley.

originally produced as an .mts file in 2016

Speakers: Calaprice, Frank.

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Collection

Physics Colloquia

Tracks

colloquia/10-19-15Calaprice.mp4 01:01:18

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