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On the statistical significance of possible variations in the solar neutrino flux
Author(s) -
Subramanian A.,
Lal Siddheshwar
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113080213
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , flux (metallurgy) , physics , statistical analysis , solar neutrino , astrophysics , neutrino , statistics , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , neutrino oscillation , nuclear physics , materials science , metallurgy
A statistical study has been made on the flux of the solar neutrinos as recorded in the experiment of DAVIS et al. to see if there is any evidence for its variation with time. It is found that there are certain correlations and fluctuations in the data which when grouped indicate a pattern of temporal variation. The probability that this pattern of variation would have been caused purely by chance is estimated to be ˜ 10 −4 .