The largest fraction of the higher-energy electron neutrinos, the so-called boron neutrinos are produced in the Sun
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The largest fraction of the higher-energy electron neutrinos, the so-called ‘boron neutrinos’ are produced in the Sun by the decay 8B → 2α + e+ + νe. Their maximum energy is Eν, max = 16 MeV. Consider the elastic collision of a boron neutrino with a nucleus of a 76Ge detector. Is the resolving power sufficient to resolve the nuclear structure, assuming a nuclear radius RA = 4 fm? Which is the maximum recoil energy of the nucleus? How does the interaction probability depend on the neutrino flavour?
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Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics
ISBN: 978-1107050402
2nd edition
Authors: Alessandro Bettini
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