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The Baksan Gallium Solar Neutrino Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

V. N. Gavrin ,
A. I. Abazov ,
D. N. Abdurashitov ,
O. L. Anosov ,
O. V. Bychuk ,
S. N. Danshin ,
L. A. Eroshkina ,
E. L. Faizov ,
V. N. Gavrin  and
V. I. Gayevsky
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V. N. Gavrin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,Moscow 117312, USSR,
A. I. Abazov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
D. N. Abdurashitov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
O. L. Anosov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
O. V. Bychuk
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
S. N. Danshin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
L. A. Eroshkina
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
E. L. Faizov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. N. Gavrin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. I. Gayevsky
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
S. V. Girin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
A. V. Kalikhov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
S. M. Kireyev
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
T. V. Knodel
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
I. I. Knyshenko
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. N. Kornoukhov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
S. A. Mezentseva
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
I. N. Mirmov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
A. V. Ostrinsky
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. V. Petukhov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
A. M. Pshukov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
N. E. Revzin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
A. A. Shikhin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
E. D. Slyusareva
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
A. A. Tikhonov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
P. V. Timofeyev
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
E. P. Veretenkin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. M. Vermul
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. E. Yantz
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
Yu. I. Zakharov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
G. T. Zatsepin
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
V. L. Zhandarov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research as USSR
T. J. Bowles
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
B. T. Cleveland
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
S. R. Elliott
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
H. A. O’Brien
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
D. L. Wark
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
J. F. Wilkerson
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
R. Davis Jr.
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, USA
K. Lande
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, USA
M. L. Cherry
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, USA
R. T. Kouzes
Affiliation:
Princeton University, USA

Abstract

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A radiochemical 71Ga−71 Ge experiment to determine the integral flux of neutrinos from the sun has been constructed at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory in the USSR. Measurements have begun with 30 tonnes of gallium. The experiment is being expanded with the addition of another 30 tonnes. The motivation, experimental procedures, and present status of this experiment are presented.

Type
Part 2: Neutrinos
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 121: Inside the Sun , 1990 , pp. 201 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990

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