The russian-american gallium experiment (sage) cr neutrino source measurement

Authors

J. N. Abdurashitov, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
V. N. Gavrin, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
S. V. Girin, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
V. V. Gorbachev, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
T. V. Ibragimova, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
A. V. Kalikhov, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
N. G. Khairnasov, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
T. V. Knodel, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
V. N. Kornoukhov, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
I. N. Mirmov, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
A. A. Shikhin, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
E. P. Veretenkin, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
V. M. Vermul, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
V. E. Yants, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
G. T. Zatsepin, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
T. J. Bowles, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. S. Nico, Los Alamos National Laboratory
W. A. Teasdale, Los Alamos National Laboratory
D. L. Wark, Los Alamos National Laboratory
M. L. Cherry, Louisiana State University
V. N. Karaulov, Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Complex
V. L. Levitin, Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Complex
V. I. Maev, Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Complex
P. I. Nazarenko, Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Complex
V. S. Shkol-Nik, Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Complex
N. V. Skorikov, Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Complex
B. T. Cleveland, University of Pennsylvania
T. Daily, University of Pennsylvania
R. Davis, University of Pennsylvania
K. Lande, University of Pennsylvania
C. K. Lee, University of Pennsylvania
P. W. Wildenhain, University of Pennsylvania
Y. U.S. Khomyakov, State Research Center of Russian Federation - Institute of Physics and Power Engineering

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Abstract

The solar neutrino capture rate measured by SAGE is well below that predicted by solar models. To check the overall experimental efficiency, we exposed 13 tonnes of Ga metal to a reactor-produced 517 kCi source of 51Cr. The ratio of the measured production rate to that predicted from the source activity is 0.95+/-0.11\(stat\)+0.05/-0.08\(syst\). This agreement verifies that the experimental efficiency is measured correctly, establishes that there are no unknown systematic errors at the 10% level, and provides considerable evidence for the reliability of the solar neutrino measurement. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

First Page

4708

Last Page

4711

Recommended Citation

Abdurashitov, J., Gavrin, V., Girin, S., Gorbachev, V., Ibragimova, T., Kalikhov, A., Khairnasov, N., Knodel, T., Kornoukhov, V., Mirmov, I., Shikhin, A., Veretenkin, E., Vermul, V., Yants, V., Zatsepin, G., Bowles, T., Nico, J., Teasdale, W., Wark, D., Cherry, M., Karaulov, V., Levitin, V., Maev, V., Nazarenko, P., Shkol-Nik, V., Skorikov, N., Cleveland, B., Daily, T., Davis, R., Lande, K., Lee, C., Wildenhain, P., & Khomyakov, Y. (1996). The russian-american gallium experiment (sage) cr neutrino source measurement. Physical Review Letters, 77 (23), 4708-4711. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4708