Homestake solar neutrino experiment

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The Homestake solar neutrino experiment was a pioneering underground radiochemical detector in South Dakota that first measured solar neutrinos and revealed the solar neutrino problem, leading to major advances in neutrino physics.

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instanceOf radiochemical neutrino detector ⓘ
solar neutrino experiment ⓘ
underground physics experiment ⓘ
coLeader John N. Bahcall ⓘ
collaboration Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataTakingMode periodic extraction runs of argon-37 ⓘ
depth about 1,478 meters underground ⓘ
detectionReaction ν_e + 37Cl → 37Ar + e− ⓘ
detectorMass about 615 tons of perchloroethylene ⓘ
detects electron neutrinos from the Sun ⓘ
detectsFromSource solar core ⓘ
duration about 27 years ⓘ
endDate 1994 ⓘ
energyThreshold about 0.814 MeV ⓘ
field neutrino physics ⓘ
particle astrophysics ⓘ
solar physics ⓘ
foundFluxRelativeToTheory about one-third of predicted solar neutrino flux ⓘ
influenced Kamiokande experiment ⓘ
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory ⓘ
Super-Kamiokande experiment ⓘ
laboratoryVolume about 380 cubic meters of perchloroethylene ⓘ
legacy established solar neutrino detection as a field ⓘ
triggered decades of research into neutrino properties ⓘ
locatedIn Lead, South Dakota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
United States ⓘ
location Homestake Mine ⓘ
measuredQuantity production rate of argon-37 atoms ⓘ
measures solar neutrino flux ⓘ
method radiochemical extraction of argon-37 ⓘ
motivation test solar models using neutrino flux ⓘ
primaryNeutrinoSource 7Be solar neutrinos ⓘ
8B solar neutrinos ⓘ
principalInvestigator Raymond Davis Jr. ⓘ
providedEvidenceFor neutrino flavor change ⓘ
neutrino oscillations ⓘ
recognizedBy 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics to Raymond Davis Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Raymond Davis Jr.
revealed solar neutrino problem ⓘ
startDate 1967 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
targetIsotope chlorine-37 ⓘ
targetMaterial perchloroethylene ⓘ
usesDetectorType radiochemical chlorine detector ⓘ

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