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    Proton-proton fusion is the nuclear reaction process that fuels the sun and other cooler stars, with core temperatures less than 15 million Kelvin. This reaction cycle yields about 25 MeV of energy. Measuring the sun's energy output and comparing to this nuclear fusion model allows prediction of the number of neutrinos that should reach Earth, but early experiments detected only one-third of expected neutrinos, known as the solar neutrino problem.

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    Proton-proton fusion is the nuclear reaction process that fuels the sun and other cooler stars, with core temperatures less than 15 million Kelvin. This reaction cycle yields about 25 MeV of energy. Measuring the sun's energy output and comparing to this nuclear fusion model allows prediction of the number of neutrinos that should reach Earth, but early experiments detected only one-third of expected neutrinos, known as the solar neutrino problem.

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    Nuclear Reactions in the p-p Chain


    This is the nuclear fusion process which fuels the sun and other stars which
    have core temperatures less than 15 million Kelvin. A reaction cycle yields
    about 25 MeV of energy. The modeling of these reactions is a part of the
    standard solar model.

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    Simpson

    Note that both reactions which produce deuterium also produce a neutrino.
    Measuring the energy output of the sun and comparing it to this model allows
    us to predict the number of neutrinos that will hit the earth. The fact that early
    experiments detected only about a third of that number was called the "solar
    neutrino problem".

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    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/solarpp.html 2006/12/04

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