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Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121301 (2004) [4 pages]

What Do We (Not) Know Theoretically about Solar Neutrino Fluxes?

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John N. Bahcall*
School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA

M. H. Pinsonneault
Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Received 16 December 2003; published 25 March 2004

Solar model predictions of 8B and p-p neutrinos agree with the experimentally determined fluxes (including oscillations): φ(pp)measured=(1.02±00.02±0.01)φ(pp)theory and φ(8B)measured=(0.88±0.04±0.23)φ(8B)theory, 1σ experimental and theoretical uncertainties, respectively. We use improved input data for nuclear fusion reactions, the equation of state, and the chemical composition of the Sun. The solar composition is the dominant uncertainty in calculating the 8B and CNO neutrino fluxes; the cross section for the 3He(4He,γ)7Be reaction is the most important uncertainty for the calculated 7Be neutrino flux.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.121301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.121301
PACS:
26.65.+t, 14.60.Pq, 96.60.Jw

*Email address: jnb@ias.edu

Email address: pinsono@payne.mps.ohio-state.edu