What is the solar neutrino problem?
Describe a possible solution to this problem.” The solar neutrino problem is that the predicted capture rate for neutrinos passing through (for example) the dry cleaning fluid in the Homestake experiment was one per day, but the experiment captured one only every three days. Although the Homestake experiment could capture only the high-energy neutrinos, recent experiments with the ability to capture lower-energy neutrinos still aren’t finding as many as the models predict. A solution to this problem may be that some of the electron neutrinos created by the fusion reactions in the Sun are converting to muon and tau neutrinos, which wouldn’t be seen by most of the solar neutrino detectors. 15. “What is convection? Describe how convection transports energy through the Sun’s convection zone.” Convection is “the energy transport process in which warm material expands and rises while cooler material contracts and falls” (CP Glossary). Convection transports energy in the Sun when, in the area
