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The $^7$Be Solar Neutrino Line: A Reflection of the Central Temperature Distribution of the Sun | John N. Bahcall
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14 Dec 1993 | Journal: | Phys.Rev. D49 (1994) 3923-3945 | Subject: | astro-ph | Abstract: | A precise test of the theory of stellar evolution can be performed by measuring the average difference in energy between the neutrino line produced by ${
m ^7Be}$ electron capture in the solar interior and the corresponding neutrino line produced in a terrestrial laboratory. This energy shift is calculated to be 1.29~keV (to an accuracy of a few percent) for the dominant ground-state to ground-state transition. The energy shift is approximately equal to the average temperature of the solar core, computed by integrating the temperature over the solar interior with a weighting factor equal to the locally-produced $^7$Be neutrino emission. The characteristic modulation of the ${
m ^7Be}$ line shape that would be caused by either vacuum neutrino oscillations or by matter-enhanced (MSW) neutrino oscillations is shown to be small. Other frequently-discussed weak interaction solutions to the solar neutrino problem are also not expected to change significantly the line profile. Therefore, a measurement of the energy shift is a measurement of the central temperature distribution of the sun. | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9401024 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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