In which decade did Raymond Davis Jr. start the Homestake experiment?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
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In the 1960s, Raymond Davis Jr. initiated the renowned Homestake experiment in the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota, USA. Its purpose was to detect and measure the flux of neutrinos emanating from nuclear fusion reactions in the Sun. This pioneering experiment played a pivotal role in validating predictions of solar models, studying neutrino properties, and advancing our understanding of stellar processes and neutrino physics.
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