Probing the temperature profile of energy production in the sun.
The particle kinetic energies of thermonuclear pp fusion in the Sun (Gamow energy) produce small changes in the energies of pp solar neutrinos relative to those due only to exothermal energetics. This effect may be observable via the unique tools of the LENS solar neutrino detector. The temperature profile of energy production in the Sun may thus be directly probed for the first time.
Grieb
Christian
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Institute of Particle, Nuclear and Astronomical Sciences and Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg Virginia 24061, USA.
Raghavan
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