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Credit & Copyright: KamLAND Collaboration
Explanation:
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.
This triumphant failure can best be explained by
neutrinos oscillating between different types.
KamLAND's results bolster previous
neutrino oscillation claims including that from the
Sudbury detector, a similar
large sphere beneath
Canada designed to detect all
types of neutrinos from the
Sun.
Thus, leading astrophysicists now consider the long standing
solar neutrino deficit problem as finally solved.
A new mystery that replaces it is to find a new
Standard Model for
particle physics that fully explains
neutrino oscillations.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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& Michigan Tech. U.