title: Solar neutrino production of technetium-97 and technetium-98.
abstract: It may be possible to determine the boron-8 solar neutrino flux, averaged over the past several million years, from the concentration of technetium-98 in molybdenite. The mass spectrometry of this system is greatly simplified by the absence of stable technetium isotopes, and the presence of the fission product technetium-99 provides a monitor of uiranium-induced backgrounds. This geochemical experiment could provide the first test of nonstandard solar models that suggest a relation between the chlorine-37 solar neutrino puzzle and the recent ice age.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Haxton