Projections for measuring the size of the solar core with neutrino-electron scattering — mentioned by 0PingWithJesus

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:07:44 GMT

In principle yes....although the specifics of the physics involved kinda make the question itself not well posed. There is no hard boundary to the core of the sun. The "core" is by definition where nuclear fusion reactions occur. However, those reactions don't just stop at a certain radius...but instead just occur at a lower and lower rate. So even if you could determine with 100% precision where a neutrino came from within the sun, you would still measure some exponential-like decay as a function of radius. But to add even more complexity there's ~10 different nuclear processes within the…

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Projections for measuring the size of the solar core with neutrino-electron scattering — mentioned by 0PingWithJesus