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Where is the first neutrino detector used in the discovery of the neutrino flux from the Sun located?
Quick Answer
The pioneering solar-neutrino work began at the Homestake mine in South Dakota, USA. Raymond Davis Jr. used a large chlorine detector there starting in 1967.
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Raymond Davis Jr. installed his pioneering solar-neutrino detector in the Homestake mine in Lead, South Dakota. The experiment began collecting data in 1967 deep underground to shield it from cosmic rays. It detected far fewer neutrinos than expected, launching the famous solar neutrino problem. The work later contributed to the discovery that neutrinos oscillate and earned Davis the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Key Facts
1.Location: Lead, South Dakota, USA
2.Detector began in 1967
3.Led by Raymond Davis Jr.
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