Initially, Fewer Neutrinos Were Detected Than Predicted by Theoretical Models

question 41

Multiple Choice

Initially, fewer neutrinos were detected than predicted by theoretical models because

• A) neutrinos changed form to undetected types of neutrinos.
• B) the wrong liquid was being used in neutrino detectors.
• C) particle physicists did not understand the proton-proton chain.
• D) the proton-proton chain does not actually produce neutrinos.
• E) neutrinos take many years to pass out of the sun from its core.

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