Probing the nature of the neutrino: The boron solar neutrino experiment.
01 January 1988
A new solar neutrino detector, BOREX, based on the nuclide sup (11) B promises the tools for a definitive exploration of the nature of the neutrino and the structure of the sun. Using a double mode detection by neutrino excitation of sup (11) B via the neutral weak current and the charged-current mediated inverse beta-decay in the same target, independent measurements of the total neutrino flux regardless of flavor and the survival of electron-neutrinos in solar matter and vacuum can be made. Standard models of the sun and almost every possible non-standard model of the neutrino can be subjected to sharp and direct tests. The development of BOREX, is based on B-loaded liquid scintillation techniques, is currently in progress.