One neutrino, two neutrinos ... particle physics.(some physicists were ready to confirm the strange behavior of solar neutrinos until the work of Guenther Walther pointed out a error in statistical examination)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: December 6, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PHYSICISTS are willing to tolerate a certain amount of weirdness from elementary particles, but solar neutrinos have really been pushing their luck. For a start, there are far too few of them. They are produced by the nuclear reactions that power the sun, but only a third as many of the particles seem to reach earth as theory demands. On top of that, the number of those that eventually appear seems to ebb and flow as sunspot activity waxes and wanes. This is odd, as neutrinos are prod...

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