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Does the Sun Shine byppor CNO Fusion Reactions?
M. C. Gonzalez-garciaM. C. Gonzalez-garciaM. C. Gonzalez-garciaCarlos Pena-garayJohn N. Bahcallsubject
Astrophysics and AstronomyAstrofísica nuclearCNO cycleNuclear TheoryPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsSolar neutrinoSolar luminosityFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyAstrophysicsAstrophysics7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentNuclear Theory (nucl-th)High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesAstrophysics::Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsNuclear fusionNuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)010306 general physicsNeutrino oscillationNuclear ExperimentAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsPhysicsStandard solar modelReaccions nuclears010308 nuclear & particles physicsAstrophysics (astro-ph)FísicaHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyPhysics::Space PhysicsNuclear astrophysicsHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNuclear reactionsNeutrinoOrder of magnitudedescription
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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-15 | Physical Review Letters |