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Critical review of the results of the Homestake solar neutrino experiment

Paolo Walter Cattaneo

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0211534

Abstract

The radiochemical experiment in the Homestake mine was designed to measure the solar neutrino flux through the detection of 37Ar produced in the reaction νe + 37Cl e-+37Ar. The comparison between this measurement and the theoretical predictions from solar models evidences a substantial disagreement. I reanalyzed the data evidencing a bias with high statistical significance and suggesting a new interpretation of the data.

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