Astronomy 404
Lecture 15, Sept. 27
Fall 2021
Lecture Notes:
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Distinguished Lecture on Gravitational Waves
"Einstein's Waves: Cosmic Sounds from Black Holes and Neutron Stars”, Prof.
Vicky Kalogera
7-8pm Wed Sept 29. Lincoln Hall Theater, and Online
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Fusion in the Sun
Reactions and products
deuterium
positrons
neutrinos
Where does the
energy
come from?
A
prizewinning
theory
The Evidence:
Solar
Neutrinos
Radiochemical experiments
The pioneer:
Ray Davis
and the
Homestake Mine
experiment
Scattering experiments
Super-Kamiokande
(Japan):
gallery
phototube
and partially filled
detector volume
; detection
techinque
and neutrino
events
; Super-K
neutrino image
of the Sun
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
and
SNOLAB
(Canada) ;
detector images
Borexino
in
Gran Sasso
, Italy
The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
Coda:
Cosmic Gall
, by
John Updike
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields