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Does the sun shine by pp or CNO fusion reactions?

Authors :
Bahcall JN
Gonzalez-Garcia MC
Peña-Garay C
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2003 Apr 04; Vol. 90 (13), pp. 131301. Date of Electronic Publication: 2003 Apr 02.
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

We show that solar neutrino experiments set an upper limit of 7.8% (7.3% including the recent KamLAND measurements) to the fraction of energy that the Sun produces via the CNO fusion cycle, which is an order of magnitude improvement upon the previous limit. New experiments are required to detect CNO neutrinos corresponding to the 1.5% of the solar luminosity that the standard solar model predicts is generated by the CNO cycle.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
90
Issue :
13
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
12689273
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.131301