Experiment Results Confirm Anomaly Suggesting New Physics Possibility

Credit: CREDIT: A.A. Shikhin

Located deep underground at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory in the Caucasus mountains in Russia, the completed two-zone gallium target, at left, contains an inner and outer tank of gallium, which is irradiated by an electron neutrino source.

« Experiment Results Confirm Anomaly Suggesting New Physics Possibility

Credit: CREDIT: A.A. Shikhin

A set of 26 irradiated disks of chromium 51 are the source of electron neutrinos that react with gallium and produce germanium 71 at rates which can be measured against predicted rates.

« Experiment Results Confirm Anomaly Suggesting New Physics Possibility

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