"In 2009, applied physicist Peter Sturrock was visiting the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, when the deputy director of the observatory told him they shouldnt read a Controversial article about radioactive decay. Although the subject was outside Sturrock's field, it inspired a thought That intriguing so the next day they phoned the author of the study, Purdue University physicist Ephraim Fischbach, to suggest a collaboration.
Fischbach replied, "We were about to phone you."
More than seven years later, That collaboration could result in an inexpensive tabletop device to detect the elusive neutrinos more efficiently and inexpensively than is currently possible, and could simplify scientists' Ability to study the inner workings of the sun. The work was published in the Nov. 7 issue of the Solar Physics.
"If we're correct, it means That neutrinos are far Easier to detect than people have thought," said Sturrock, professor emeritus of applied physics. "Everyone thought That it would be Necessary to have huge experiments, with thousands of tons of water or other material, That May Involve huge consortia and huge expense, and you might get a few thousand counts a year. But we apr get similar or even better data from an experiment Involving only Micrograms of radioactive material. ""
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