What did the Homestake experiment become known as?
Davis Experiment
The Sun Experiment
The Neutrino Test
The Quantum Jump
Answer
Known as the Davis Experiment, the Homestake experiment was a pioneering investigation conducted in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota, USA. Led by physicist Ray Davis Jr. in the 1960s, it aimed to detect and measure the elusive flux of solar neutrinos, subatomic particles emitted from the Sun's nuclear reactions.
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