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How the sun shines

John N. Bahcall

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Abstract

This historical essay describes the struggle to understand how the sun shines. The story begins with the disagreement between Kelvin and Darwin over the age of the sun in the middle of the 19th century and continues through the revelations of solar neutrino experiments at the conclusion of the 20th century.

arXiv comments
Published by the Nobel e-Museum, June 29, 2000. See http://www.nobel.se/physics/articles . Related material: http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jnb
Journal reference
SLAC Beam Line 31N1 (2001) 2-12
DOI
Subjects
astro-phAstrophysics hep-exHigh Energy Physics, Experiment hep-phHigh Energy Physics, Phenomenology nucl-thNuclear Theory physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics physics.pop-phPopular Physics

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    • I highly recommend this related article: "How the Sun Shines", by John Bahcall https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009259

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