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Correlation of solar neutrino modulation with solar cycle variation in p-mode acoustic spectra

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A tantalizing correlation (at the 0.97-0.999 level) between reported variations in low-order acoustic solar oscillations over the solar cycle from 1977 to 1988 and the event rate in the 37CI solar-neutrino detector over the same period is demonstrated. Such a correlation could provide more detailed evidence on how modulations of the solar neutrino flux might result from variations in the Sun.

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Krauss, L. Correlation of solar neutrino modulation with solar cycle variation in p-mode acoustic spectra. Nature 348, 403–407 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/348403a0

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