Keyword: solar neutrinos
KamLAND Verifies the Sun
23.06.2003
Solar Neutrino Astronomy
17.05.2001
23.06.2003
A large sphere beneath Japan has helped verify humanity's understanding of the inner workings of the Sun. The KamLAND sphere, shown above during construction in 2001, fails to detect fundamental particles called anti-neutrinos that are known to be emitted by nearby nuclear reactors around Japan.
Solar Neutrino Astronomy
17.05.2001
Neutrinos are subatomic particles generated by the nuclear reactions which power stars like our Sun. Flying outward from the Sun's core, they easily pass through the Sun (and almost anything else!) unimpeded and should be detectable by earth-based neutrino "telescopes".
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